Pickled Carrots

By tschnet1

Ingredients

• 5 1/2 About 5 1/2 pounds carrots
• 5 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp canning salt
• 2 T Mixed Pickling Spices
• 2 sticks cinnamon

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Peel carrots if desired

Cut carrots to desired size. Small carrots may be left whole. Using a crinkle cutter makes your jars look very professional. Just for fun.

cutting carrots with crinkle cutterYou may also make pickled carrots in rounds if you prefer. I like the sticks.

Combine sugar, water, vinegar, and salt. I prefer doing this in a tea kettle. It makes it super easy to pour into my jars.

Tie pickling spices in a cheesecloth bag and place in vinegar water solution. Add cinnamon sticks.

You might notice in this picture I don't have a cheesecloth bag. Instead I use a mesh tea infuser. It works great.

pickling solution in tea kettleBring pickling solution to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes.

Simmer carrots until just tender. Do not over cook. You basically just want to be sure they are hot through. They will cook during processing also.

You can simmer right in the pickling solution that you will be making. I prefer to make my pickling solution in a tea kettle. THe kettle makes it easy to pour pickling solution into the jars. I just simmer the carrots in water.

filling jar with carrots for picklingPack carrots into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space. You may need to use tongs at first. After the first jar or two the carrots are still hot but cooled enough to gingerly handle them to fit them in the jar. Try to put several in with fat ends down and then fit them in with narrow ends down.

Remove spice bag and cinnamon sticks from vinegar solution. Cover carrots with hot solution leaving 1/4 inch head space.

Wipe rims clean and place your lids. Process according to water bath canning directions. Use the times listed below.

Water Bath Processing Times

Be sure to use the time listed for your altitude.
Pack Jar size 0-1000 ft 1001- 6000 ft above 6,000 ft
Hot pack pint jars 15 min 20 min 25 min