Granny's Pickles

Granny’s Pickles

This recipe has been developed over the years by trying different recipe variations and this one was Granny’s favorite (aka, my mom). It’s a good balance of spices and a little less vinegar than most recipes. I personally am still on the search for the perfect spicy pickle but these are super yummy and we make a large batch ever year.

I don’t currently have a canning pan to fit quart jars, so I pack in pint jars. If you prefer to use quart-sized jars, just double the per jar ingredients and use larger pickling cucumbers.
Granny's Pickles

Granny's Pickles

Author: Jeanette Ryan
Please note that this recipe takes 2 days to process.
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Ingredients

  • 7 pounds small pickling cucumbers
  • 2 cups pickling salt, divided
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 12 cups water
  • 5 cups white vingear
  • 1 bundle dill heads
  • 1 bulb garlic
  • mustard seeds
  • dried hot peppers

Instructions

Day One

  • Wash cucumbers and trim just the tips of the end, about 1/8 inch.
  • In a large bowl or bucket (I use a 22 quart food safe bucket that always has plenty of room) layer cucumbers and 1 cup pickling salt. Add cold water to cover by about an inch. Place a plate on top to weight down the cucumbers. Let stand in a cool room for 12 to 24 hours.

Day Two

  • Prepare jars. I like to use pint and half pint jars for this recipe. For instructions to prepare jars, please visit the Ball Canning website.
  • Rinse cucumbers.
  • In a pot combine 1 cup pickling salt, sugar, water and vinegar on medium high heat and bring to a boil. Stir often and after dissolved, reduce heat to low to keep liquid warm.
  • Per pint jar, add 1 small dill head or half of a large dill head, 3 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon mustard seed, 1 dried hot pepper. pack full with cucumbers. I  quarter some to fit in smaller pockets. Pour hot liquid into each jar, leaving 1/2 inch of head space.
  • Add lids and process jars in canning pot for 15 minutes.