Makes: Yields 6 to 8 pints.
Ingredients
4 1/4 cups water
4 cups white vinegar
4 pounds small pickling cucumbers
6 tablespoons canning salt
Fresh dill or dill seed
Garlic cloves, chopped
Mustard seed
Peppercorns
How To Make Dill pickles
Easy Recipe Directions:
Prepare home canning jars and lids. Wash cucumbers and trim ends. Cut into halves or quarters, lengthwise. Combine water, vinegar and salt; bring to boil. Pack cucumbers into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Add 2 heads of dill or 1/4 cup dill seed, 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed, 2 peppercorns and 1 chopped garlic clove to each jar. Carefully pour hot liquid over cucumbers, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles with nonmetallic spatula. Adjust caps. Process pints 15 minutes in boiling water bath canner.
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