12 Day Sweet Pickles Recipe

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Categories: American, Vegan, Vegetable

Submitted By: Rose Respondek from Bad Axe.

12 Day Sweet Pickles Notes

This recipe was one of many from Rose's grandmother Amelia Richards.
Ingredients
Preparation Instructions

Cut cucumbers lengthwise. If using larger cucumbers, cut slices into 2-3 inch lengths.

Bring to a boil 4 quarts of water and two cups of salt. Let cool, pour over cucumbers in a large, airtight container, cover and let stand 1 week.

Drain off liquid, re-cover with fresh boiling water, let stand 24 hours.

Drain, cover with boiling water and alum, let stand 24 hours.

Drain, cover with a syrup made from sugar, vinegar and spices boiled together. Once per each of the next 2 days, drain syrup into a pot, boil, and pour back over cucumbers. On the third day, pour off syrup, boil, pack cucumbers into jars and cover with hot syrup.
Helpful Hints

Make sure you sterilize jars thoroughly before filling to prevent bacteria in your pickles. Syrup should be BOILING when poured onto pickles.

If you don't have cassia buds you can substitute 1 ounce of cinnamon sticks, broken into 1 inch pieces.

To make this recipe vegan, use beet sugar or evaporated cane juice. Granulated white sugar is often processed with bone char, and is not considered vegan.

Special Equipment

Pint or quart canning jars

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Donna S. Said:

I make these pickles every year. They are excellant-if my family is here a jar is quickly "devoured"!! It is getting very difficult to obtain cassia buds here so I don't know how much longer I'll be able to make them--HELP !! I have had this same recipe for many years (love it !).

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Make it Again? Donna S. would make this recipe again.