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A spicy, sweeter departure from the standard dill pickle, these also have garlic and pickling spice which make them...

  • Brine:
  • Small, firm cucumbers
  • Dill (2 heads per jar)
  • Garlic cloves, peeled (4 per jar or more to taste)
  • Jalapeno slices (2 slices per jar or more to taste)
  • Pickling spice (2 tsp. per jar)
  • 13 cups water
  • 5 cups pickling vinegar
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup course salt
4/5 (93 Votes)

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Boil salt, sugar, spices, vinegar and water

  • 2/3 Cup Kosher salt
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 8 Cups water
  • 4 Cups Vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon Pickling Spice
  • Peeled garlic cloves
  • Fresh pickling fill
  • Sliced onions
  • Pickling Cucumbers
4/5 (16 Votes)

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My mother begged this recipe from a neighbor almost 40 years ago

  • Ingredients
  • 1 pint small pickling cucumber
  • 1 teaspoon dill seed
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 sprig dill weed, pretty (optional)
  • 4 coriander seeds
  • 1 ⁄2 teaspoon mustard seeds
  • 1 small bay leaf
  • 1 ⁄8 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
  • 1 ⁄2 cup white vinegar
  • 1 ⁄2 cup water
  • 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pickling salt
4.2/5 (13 Votes)

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Nothing is better than homemade pickles

  • 9 cups pickling cucumbers, sliced
  • 3 (1-quart) canning jars and lids, sterilized
  • 3 grape leaves
  • 3 teaspoons dill seed
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 6 cups white vinegar
  • 3 quarts water
  • 1 1/2 cups salt
4.2/5 (10 Votes)

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Soak freshly picked cucumbers in a tub of ice water overnight

  • 4 lbs. cucumbers
  • 2 cloves of garlic for each jar, peeled
  • 1 0r 2 fresh sprigs of dill for each jar
  • 4 or 5 black peppercorns for each jar
  • 1 small fresh hot cayenne pepper for each jar (optional)
  • 2 quarts of water
  • 2 quarts of white vinegar
  • scant 1/2 c. canning salt
3.7/5 (202 Votes)

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One of the secrets to making crispy dill pickles is to cold pack the pickles in hot sterilized jars

  • BRINE:
  • 16 4 inch long cucumbers, or 12 large cucumbers that can be chunk cut or spear cut.
  • 12 large garlic cloves, peeled (can substitute minced garlic)
  • 4 heads fresh dill (can substitute dry dill, see bottle for correct measurement to use)
  • 2 hot red peppers or 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
  • 2 1/2 cups vinegar
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup pickling salt
4.4/5 (7 Votes)

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Cook's note: This recipe also works for carrot sticks, green beans or a medley of vegetables

  • Washed cucumbers to fill a quart jar
  • (about 5 to 7, depending on size)
  • 1 clean quart jar warmed
  • 1/2 cup vinegar, 9% acidity
  • 1 garlic clove - (to 2)
  • Dill leaves or flower heads
  • (or 1 tspn dill seed or pickling spice)
  • 1 teaspoon crab boil (optional), can be
  • substituted for dill
  • 1 tablespoon canning pickling salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Jalapeño or cayenne pepper (optional)
  • boiling water a few cups
3.8/5 (13 Votes)

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Wash cucumbers thoroughly

  • 14 lb (6.5 kg) pickling cucumbers (4 inch/10 cm)
  • 16 cups (4 L) ice cubes
  • 8 cups (2 L) water
  • 1 cup (250 mL) pickling salt
  • 8 cups (2 L) water
  • 6 cups (1.5 L) vinegar
  • 3/4 cup (175 mL) pickling salt
  • 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar
  • 2 tbsp (25 mL) mixed pickling spice, tied in cheesecloth bag
  • 14 tsp (70 mL) mustard seed
  • 14 - 21 heads fresh dill
  • 14 - 21 cloves garlic
0/5 (0 Votes)

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1. In a stockpot, bring water, vinegar and salt to a boil; boil 10 minutes

  • 11 cups water
  • 5 cups white vinegar
  • 1 cup canning salt
  • 12 pounds pickling cucumbers, quartered or halved lengthwise
  • 9 dill sprigs or heads
  • 18 garlic cloves
  • 18 dried hot chilies
0/5 (0 Votes)

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Wash the cucumbers and remove the blossom ends

  • 2 pounds small pickling cucumbers - (abt 14)
  • 1 head fresh garlic trimmed, peeled, and divided into cloves
  • 4 dill heads - (to 5) (substitute 3 to 4 tbspns dill seeds plus 1 bunch dill)
  • 4 cups filtered water - (to 5)
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
5/5 (1 Votes)

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