Dill Pickles

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Democratic Gazette

Categories: pickles-

Ingredients

  • 4 dozen firm cucumbers, about 3 inches long
  • 6 cups cider vinegar
  • 3 quarts water
  • 1/3 cup coarse salt
  • 12 heads dill
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 6 pieces alum (size of a pea) or about 1 1/2 tsp. powdered alum

Directions

  1. Scrub cucumbers with a brush, rinse well and pack into hot sterilized jars.
  2. heat vinegar, water and salt until salt is dissolved.
  3. Stuff 2 heads of dill and a piece of garlic and alum into each jar, (or 1/4 tsp. powdered alum)
  4. Fill each jar with hot brine. Seal at once. Store in cool place.

  5. makes 6 quarts

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