Dill Pickles

9 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 doz. small cucumbers (4 inches long), washed and left whole or halved
  • 8 c. cold water mixed with 3/8 c. pickling salt (this is your brine)
  • 8 sprigs fresh dill or 4 Tbsp. dill seed
  • 4 tsp. mustard seed
  • 2 c. white vinegar
  • 2 c. water
  • 4 Tbsp. pickling salt
  • 4 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. mixed pickling spices, tied in cheesecloth

Directions

  1. 1
    Pour
  2. 2
    brine
  3. 3
    over
  4. 4
    cucumbers
  5. 5
    and
  6. 6
    let stand overnight. Wash and sterilize 4 pint jars and lids.
  7. 7
    Drain cucumbers and pack into
  8. 8
    hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
  9. 9
    To each jar add
  10. 10
    2 sprigs of dill or 1 tablespoon dill seed and 1 teaspoon mustard seed, pushing halfway down in jar.
  11. 11
    Set uncovered jars on a cookie sheet and keep hot in a 250° oven.

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