Sweet Pickles

By ddmiller1017

Ingredients

• cucumbers
• pickling spices
• pickling lime
• sugar
• vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Wash and slice cucumbers, soak in lime water for 24 hours (lime water= 3 cups pickling lime and 2 gallons of water), drain and put in clean water, change water every hour for 4 hours, drain,

Syrup: 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of vinegar, and pickling spice (place spice in a bag)

Bring syrup to a boil and pour over cucumbers, let stand overnight, boil 1 hr, take bag of spices out and place in hot jars.