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will's refrigerator dill pickles

(1 rating)
8of10 avatar
Recipe by
Joey Wolf
@8of10
Burlington, IA

My hs classmate Will gave me this recipe. It is awesome, not the "bite" of commercial dills. These store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months. Guaranteed to stay crunchy the entire 2 months....I cannot vouch for that as I've never had any last 2 months!

(1 rating)
prep time 30 Min

Ingredients For will's refrigerator dill pickles

  • 6-8 lb
    cucumbers
  • 2 lg
    onions
  • 5 clove
    garlic
  • 40 sprig
    fresh dill
  • or
  • 2 Tbsp
    dill weed or dill seed
  • 1 qt
    water
  • 1 qt
    white vinegar
  • 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 1/2 c
    pickling salt

How To Make will's refrigerator dill pickles

  • 1
    Slice onions and garlic thinly, set aside for about 10 minutes to release their curative powers.
  • 2
    Cut cucumbers into 1/4s. ****I peeled and sliced mine, as we like them better that way, than spears. ***I also scooped the seeds out. My cucumbers were really the eating kind, not the pickling kind and the seeds were huge!
  • 3
    Combine the cucumbers, garlic and onions in a large bowl or pot. Set aside. ***You may use EITHER the fresh or dried dill, but not both. ***I use a combo of the dried dill weed and dried dill seed.
  • 4
    ***I use Nursery (baby) Water it is better for pickling than our city water. In a large pot combine the water, vinegar, sugar and pickling salt. Bring to a boil.
  • 5
    Pour the brine over the cucumber mixture. Cool, and refrigerate.
  • 6
    These will keep in the frige for 2 months. I divided mine up into qts and pints....I got a total of 6 qts. So it will yield approx 1.5 gal of pickles.
  • 7
    My niece and her grandkids are eating these by the gal....they love them and they are not too bitey for the little ones. My brother-in-law keeps asking when he can get more.......This is a winner!
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