Henny Sweet Pickles.

Ingredients

• 1 peck of medium-sized Cucumbers
• 1 Gal. of water
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tsp alum
• 4 pts. sugar
• 4 pts white Vinegar
• 1 tsp cinnamon bark broken up
• 1 tsp whole cloves

Directions

1. Wash 1 peck of medium-sized Cucumbers and cover with 1 Gal. of water which has been boiled and cooled.
2. Add 1 cup salt and let stand 1 week.
3. Wash, cover with 1 tsp alum and cooled boiled water for 1 day.
4. Drain; Split pickles and put on a fresh solution of boiled water and alum.
5. Let stand for 1 day. Drain.
6. Make syrup of 4 pts. sugar 4 pts white Vinegar.
7. Put these in a bag: 1 tsp cinnamon bark broken up, 1 tsp whole cloves.
8. Boil and Pour over pickles and let stand 1 day. Drain.
9. Save syrup and boil it up. Pour over pickles and let stand 1 day.
10. Drain on 3rd day pack in jars, boil up syrup once more and pour over pickles. Seal.

Timing

• stand 1 week; stand 1 day in alum water; stand 1 day in fresh solution; stand 1 day after first syrup; stand 1 day after reheated syrup; drain on the third day

Temperature

• water boiled and cooled; cooled boiled water; fresh boiled water; boil syrup repeatedly

Equipment

• washing and draining setup, soaking vessels, cutting knife, cooking pot, spice bag, and canning jars with seals