claussen copykat pickles

Ingredients For claussen copykat pickles

• 3-4 lb

  pickling cucumbers
• BRINE: (MAKES ABOUT 4 QUARTS PICKLES)
• 6 c

  water
• 2 c

  white vinegar
• SPICES ARE PER QUART
• 1/8 tsp

  tumeric
• 1/4 tsp

  sugar
• 1/4 tsp

  alum or ball's pickle crisp granules
• 1/2 tsp

  red pepper flakes and/or
• 1-2 sm

  chile peppers
• 1 tsp

  mustard seed
• 1 tsp

  whole peppercorns
• 1 Tbsp

  onion flakes, dehydrated
• 1 Tbsp

  pickling salt or kosher salt plus
• 1 tsp

  pickling salt or kosher salt
• 6 clove

  garlic, crushed -or-
• 1 Tbsp

  minced garlic
• 6 sprig

  fresh dill or
• 1 Tbsp

  dill weed