Cucumber Pickles

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Ball Canning Cookbook

Categories: pickles-

Ingredients

  • 10 lbs. small cucumbers
  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 gallon water
  • 3 quarts vinegar
  • 1 quart water
  • 6 cups sugar
  • 1 oz. mixed whole pickling spices

Directions

  1. Select cucumbers of uniform size, from 2 to 2 1/2 inches long; wash thoroughly. Combine salt and 1 gallon water, add cucumbers and allow them to remain in the brine 24 hours. Drain.
  2. Tie spices in a cheesecloth bag. Combine vinegar, 1 quart water and sugar; add spices and cucumbers. Simmer (do not boil) 45 minutes. Let stand 2 to 3 days, then drain off pickle solution.
  3. Add 4 cups sugar to pickle solution and reheat. Pour over pickles and simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Let stand 2 to 3 days. Pack pickles in jars and fill with boiling pickle solution. Seal and store.

  4. makes 4 quarts

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