claussen copykat pickles

Ingredients

• 3-4 pounds pickling cucumbers
• BRINE: (MAKES ABOUT 4 QUARTS PICKLES)
• 6 cups water
• 2 cups white vinegar
• SPICES ARE PER QUART
• 1/8 teaspoon tumeric
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon alum or ball's pickle crisp granules
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes and/or
• 1-2 small chile peppers
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon onion flakes, dehydrated
• 1 tablespoon pickling salt or kosher salt plus
• 1 teaspoon pickling salt or kosher salt
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed -or-
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 6 sprigs fresh dill or
• 1 tablespoon dill weed