Crock Dill Pickles

This is my aunt’s recipe – she says they’re better than grandma’s!

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 1 gallon

Prep Time: 7 days  

Ingredients

8 c water
1/2 c coarse pickling salt
1 gallon cukes, around 3?, scrubbed
6 cloves of garlic
6 dill sprigs
2 Tbl pickling spice
1 c white pickling vinegar

Directions

Put water, vinegar and salt into crock, dissolve salt. Add rest of ingredients. Put a plate on top, weigh it down. Cover crock with saran wrap. Crock should be kept in warm area (70 degrees or so). Keep in crock for 7 days, check every day and remove scum if any.

Strain spices from brine. Boil brine for 5 minutes. Fill jars with pickles, pour brine into jars to 1/2″ headspace. BWB 10 minutes.

Categories: BWB Pickles & Pickled Stuff, Fermenting, Other Condiments, Pickling

Submitted by: cindyp on August 6, 2010