Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 36 small cucumbers
• 1 quart vinegar
• 2 quarts water
• 3/4 cup pickling salt
• 18 garlic cloves
• 12 sprigs fresh dill (or 3t whole dill seed)
• alum
• 12 hot peppers (or 6 chili peppers and 6 jalepenos)

Recipe

• 1 soak cucumbers overnight in cold water. drain and place into quart-sized sterilized mason jars so that they are firmly packed but not smashed (recipe estimate is for 6 cucumbers per jar, but naturally this will vary depending on the size of your cucumbers).
• 2 in large pan, boil vinegar, water and pickling salt.
• 3 pour over cucumbers in the jars.
• 4 per jar add 2 or 3 cloves garlic, dill, 1/8 teaspoon alum, and 2 peppers.
• 5 store in a cool dark place (i use my pantry). ready in about 30 days.