Recipe Two Day Sweet Pickles Amish Canning Recipes

Dissolve the salt in the 2 gallons water. put the cucumbers in a large crock and cover with this brine solution. Let stand for 24 hours. Drain. Puncture each cucumber with a 3-tined fork. In a large pot, combine 6 cups of the sugar and the 12 cups vinegar, with 2 cups of water and the pickling spices. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the pickles and boil for 15 minutes. Leave the pickles in the syrup for 2 days in a 3-gallon crock, or in 3 (1-gallon) jars. Drain, saving the syrup. Add the remaining 6 cups of sugar to the syrup and boil for 5 minutes. Pack the pickles in hot sterilized jars. pour the boiling syrup over the pickles and seal.

Makes 12 pints

2 cups salt
2 gallons cold water
10 lbs. medium pickling cucumbers, 3"-4" long
12 cups sugar
12 c. cider vinegar
2 c. water
4 T. pickling spices

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