Claussen-Like Refrigerator Pickles

Submitted by Para_chan

"Found this online and I wanted to save it so I can make yummy pickles!"

 

• Ready In: 166hrs 59mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 3 cups distilled water
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon non-iodine kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon minced dried garlic
• 1⁄4 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
• 2 -4 black peppercorns
• 2 -4 whole allspice
• 1⁄2 - 1 whole dried cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch dill seed
• 1 pinch dill weed
• 1 pinch turmeric
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sugar or 1 whole carrot
• washed cucumber

directions

1. Combine the water, vinegar and salt and bring it to a boil.
2. Put the spices and cucumbers in quart jars.
3. Pour the brine mixture over the cucumbers and spices in the jars and seal.
4. Put them in the refrigerator: Ready in 7-10 days. Keeps 8 - 19 weeks.
5. Brine can be re used.
6. This recipe can be multiplied by keeping these proportions: 3 parts water, 1 part vinegar and the spices are for a quart jar.

Reviews

[Burger Monster]

I'm a Claussen pickle addict. I tried recipe # 249520 Claussen kosher pickle copycat and found them to be way too salty. Inedibly so. I just made a batch of this recipe with high hopes. I will rate it in a few days.<br/><br/>*** Update ***<br/>After sitting for 5 days these pickles are on their way to pickle greatness! They still have a slight cucumber flavor but I think that makes them taste really fresh. I actually like these better than Claussen!!!

 

[carolyn.hunt]

These are the best pickles I have tried in years! I make pickles every year and throw them out. These were keepers!

 

[Marilyn J.]

Best refrigerator pickles. Lower sodium recipe. Just like Clausen. A nice mixture of spices, vinegar & water. I like to add fresh dill.

 

[Lucky Clover]

UPDATE: Best dill pickles ever! My 4-yr old just ate 5 in a row. We all love them! Thank you so much!<br/><br/>I chose this recipe because it's easy to adapt according to how many jars you want to make. And, I love Claussen pickles! Hopefully, these are just as good. I did substitute a tbsp. of mixed pickling spices, which included mustard seed, allspice, cloves, bay leaves, and peppercorns instead of measuring each one out. I added the garlic and turmeric as directed and threw in 1/4 tsp. of pickle crisp granules per jar. I'll come back in a few days and see how they taste! :)

 

[Kathy C.]

I am so excited to try this recipe. I have a question, Did you let the brine cool down or did you put it in the jars hot? I am thinking if you wait till it cools then your pickles would keep their crunch? Also, did you leave out of refrigerate immediately when cooled?