#619 - Sweet and Sour Pickles

(by Violet [Bailey] Heimbach - friend)

1 jar of your favorite dill pickles (large size)
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. whole pickling spice

Open the jar of pickles and drain off the juice--discard the juice but leave pickles in the jar. In a saucepan add white sugar, vinegar, water--turn heat on high and bring to a boil. Add the pickling spice to the pickles, then pour hot vinegar mixture in with the pickles. Leave lid off until the pickles and juice have cooled. Once cool, put the lid on the jar and place it in the refrigerator. Let the pickles sit in the refrigerator at least 2 days before eating. Keep refrigerated.