This is a great recipe, an oldie but goodie. Enjoy!!

Grandma's Sweet Pickles

Troy Lambert
This is a great sweet pickle recipe that takes around seven days to make.
Prep Time 8 days
Course Pickles
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 Large enamel pan or food-safe bucket
  • 1 Collander
  • 1 Large Pot (capable of holding one gallon of liquid at a boil.

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Salt
  • 2 tbsp Powdered Alum
  • 3 Gallons Water
  • 1 Gallon Vinegar I prefer white, can use Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 small box Pickling Spice Use 1/2 cup of purchased in bulk

Instructions
 

Day One

  • Wash the cucumbers and poke holes in the skin, a couple times per little cuckes.
  • Put the cukes in the food-safe bucket or a large enamel pot
  • Combine salt with a gallon of water and bring it to a boil
  • Cover the cucumbers with it and let them sit for 24 hours (weigh the cukes down if they start to float. 

Day Two

  • Drain salt water from the pot of cucumbers.
  • Mix the powdered alum and one gallon of water in a large pot on the stovetop. Bring to a boil, then pour over the cucumbers and allow to stand for 24 hours.

Day Three

  • Drain the alum water from the pot of cucumbers. Rinse and drain again.
  • Bring a gallon of plain water to a boil, then pour the boiling water over the cucumbers in the enamel pot. Soak for 24 hours.

Day 4

  • Drain cucumbers
  • Bring vinegar and pickling spices to a boil on the stovetop
  • Pour over the cucumbers and let soak for 5 days

Day 6-8

  • Continue to soak cucumbers in vinegar and spice mixture
  • Stir Occasionally

Day 9

  • Drain cucumbers in a colander.
  • Place cucumbers in quart jars, layering cucumbers and sugar
  • They will start to make sugar syrup naturally
  • Fill jars and let sit for 24 hours. If there is not enough syrup to cover the cucumbers, add sugar to the jars and let sit for another 24 hours.
  • Let sit for a few weeks before opening and eating. (You can water bath can these if you want, but you don’t need to. 

Notes

That's it. This is pretty easy but time-consuming, although that is mostly a lot of soaking time. 
Keyword Pickles, Sweet pickles