dill pickles
This recipe came from one of the women that Grandma Deutscher used to clean house for. Very tasty and just a reminder, that you will not make a successful pickle if your home is hooked up to a water softener.
prep time
cook time
25 Min
method
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yield
approximately 5 quarts
Ingredients
- - pickling cucumbers
- - dried red peppers
- - garlic cloves
- - alum
- 1-2 - stalks of dill
- 10 cups water
- 3/4 cup pickling salt
- 2 cups apple cider vinegar
How To Make dill pickles
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Step 1Wash and gently scrub the pickling cucumbers
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Step 2Using hot sterilized quart jars, put 1-2 heads of dill, 1-2 sliced cloves of garlic and 2-3 dried red peppers in each jar.
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Step 3Combine the water, salt and vinegar in pan and bring to a boil. Pour over packed cucumbers in each jar, leaving 1/2 inch head space so that jars will seal correctly.
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Step 4Put 1/4 teaspoon of alum in each jar prior to sealing. Process in a hot water bath for 25 minutes.
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Step 5**We like to add carrot and celery sticks, and sliced onion in addition to the cucumber.
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