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Mrs. Mary Eleanors Best-Ever Sweet Pickles

Mrs. Mary Eleanors Best-Ever Sweet Pickles is built on Cinnamon Sticks, Pickling Spice, Alum, and Granulated Sugar. Serves 1. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

Ingredients

• 3
• 4 tbsp
• 4 tbsp
• 4 tbsp
• 8 cup

Method (preview)

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   Fill a clean gallon jar with sliced cucumbers.

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   Add crushed cinnamon sticks, pickling spice and salt.

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   Dissolve the alum in some of the vinegar, then add to the jar with the rest of the vinegar.

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   Vinegar should cover cucumbers.

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   Let jar stand for 6 weeks in a dark place, covered with plastic wrap or waxed paper secured with a rubber band, or with the jar�s lid on but not fastened.

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   After six weeks, drain off liquid, saving spices.

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   Wash pickles carefully and thoroughly, then cover with white sugar and the spices.

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   Let stand, loosely covered, for at least 2 weeks before jarring.

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   Do not cook or refrigerate pickles.

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    Wait at least one more month before serving.

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    Brought to you by Grassroots Recipes Mastercook Collections and Jamie Rahm

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    Food Exchanges: 1 Starch/Bread; 1 1/2 Fat; 2 Other Carbohydrates