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Blue Ribbon Dill Pickles

Blue Ribbon Dill Pickles

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A simple recipe that makes crunchy Blue Ribbon Dill Pickles and uses up all those cucumbers growing out of control in your garden.
Servings: 8 quart jars
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 12 large cucumbers, scrubbed and rinsed (cut into slices or spears) or more if using small pickling cucumbers
  • 4 teaspoons dill, washed and chopped
  • 4 teaspoons garlic, minced

For the Brine:

  • 9 cups water
  • 2 1/2 cups white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup pickling salt

Instructions

  • Begin by washing your jars and scrubbing your cucumbers.
  • Fill a large canning kettle half full with hot tap water and place it on the stove over high heat. You will add your pickle jars to this pot.
  • Put your lids and rings in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat.
  • Put brine ingredients into a Dutch oven and heat to boiling. Turn the burner off.
  • Now begin filling your jars. Place a small amount of dill in the bottom of a jar, along with a bit of minced garlic. Cut your cucumbers into slices and TIGHTLY pack the slices in the jar. I usually make some jars with spears and some with rounds.
  • Pour the hot brine over the cucumbers, leaving about a 1/2 inch of headspace in each jar. Place a lid and a ring on each jar and tighten it.
    Heat jars in a canning kettle.
  • Place the jars into the canning kettle, making sure the water comes up just to the bottom of each ring. Heat just to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Be careful when removing hot jars from the kettle. Using an oven mitt, place them on a kitchen towel to cool.
    Blue Ribbon Dill Pickles

Equipment

  • 8 quart-size canning jars and lids, or 14 if using pint size jars
  • 1 canning kettle
  • 1 sharp knife
  • 1 cutting board

Notes

Check to make sure that all jars have sealed after they are cool. Store them in a cool, dark place. Serve them with sandwiches or as part of a relish tray. Or do it like we do, eat them right out of the jar! One of summer's best recipes!

Nutrition

Calories: 67kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.02gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 24mgPotassium: 579mgFiber: 3gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 306IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 1mg