Grandma's Dill Pickles (Taste of Home Recipe)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
9 quarts
ingredients
- 11 cups water
- 5 cups white vinegar
- 1 cup canning salt
- 12 lbs pickling cucumbers, halved lengthwise
- 9 heads fresh dill
- 18 garlic cloves
- 18 small dried hot chili peppers (optional)
directions
- In a dutch oven bring water, vinegar and salt to a boil; boil for 10 minutes.
- Pack cucumbers into quart jars within 1/2 inch of top.
- Place one dill head, two garlic cloves and two peppers in each jar.
- Ladle boiling liquid over cucumbers, leaving 1/4 inch head space.
- Place lids and screw on bands fingertip tight.
- Process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
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