Easy Homemade Dill Pickles
Quick and Easy dill pickle recipe
Equipment
- 6 Quart Canning Jars regular mouth
- lids and rings regular mouth
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 pounds fresh pickling cucumbers cut in spears or whole
- 1/2 tsp alum
- 1 qt vinegar
- 2 qt water
- 1 cup canning pickling salt
- 1 bunch fresh dill
Instructions
- Prepare jars. Wash and rinse thoroughly. Fill jars with very hot water and let sit while preparing the cucumbers.
- Pack cucumbers in glass jars, tightly.
- Put a few sprigs of fresh dill in each jar.
- In a medium to large pot, bring alum, vinegar, water, and salt to boil.
- Place lids in a bowl of boiling water while waiting for mixture to boil.
- Once mixture is boiling, place a funnel in the jar and ladle mixture into jars. Fill jars to the neck.
- Clean the rims of the jar. Place on lids and tighten rings.