Recipe: Dill Pickles
Learn how to make pickles at home! This easy 6-ingredient recipe yields crisp, tangy dill pickles for a delicious snack or sandwich topping. Perfect way to use up your garden bounty of cucumbers to enjoy year round.
Dill Pickles
Ingredients
- 4 pounds small cucumbers
- 16 cloves garlic, peeled and blanched
- 8 fresh sprigs of dill
- 24 black peppercorns
- 2 quarts white vinegar
- ½ cup pickling salt
Instructions
- Take steps to sterilize 8 pint-sized jars for canning.
- Soak freshly picked cucumbers in a bowl of ice water overnight, then remove and dry them.
- Pack cucumbers into pint jars, and add two cloves garlic, one sprig of dill and four peppercorns to each.
- Boil two quarts of water and then add vinegar and salt and boil for 5 minutes.
- Pour hot liquid over cucumbers and spices, leaving a quarter-inch of headspace in each.
- Seal and process for 10 minutes: start counting the processing time when the water starts to boil.
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