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Crunchy Dill Pickle Recipe

Crunchy Dill Pickle Recipe: Your Must-Try Summer Snack!

Try this delicious Crunchy Dill Pickle Recipe for your perfect summer snack, bursting with flavor and ready in under an hour!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 4 pints
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: American
Calories: 40
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Pickling Brine
  • 4 cups White Vinegar 5% acidity
  • 4 cups Water
  • 0.25 cups Salt Canning salt recommended
For the Pickles
  • Cucumbers Small, fresh pickling cucumbers
  • Onion Yellow, white, or red
  • 7 cloves Garlic Optional
  • 7 tablespoon Fresh Dill Weed Essential for flavor
  • 3.5 teaspoon Mustard Seed
  • 3.5 teaspoon Coriander Seed Optional
  • 3.5 teaspoon Whole Black Peppercorns
  • Pickle Crisp or Grape Leaves Optional for crunch

Equipment

  • Canner
  • large pot
  • Canning jars

Method
 

Step-by-Step Instructions
  1. Prepare Canning Supplies: Wash jars, lids, and bands in hot, soapy water; fill canner with water and heat.
  2. Prepare the Brine: Combine vinegar, water, and salt in a pot, simmer and then boil for 1 minute.
  3. Prepare Cucumbers and Onions: Trim cucumber ends, cut into ¼-inch rounds, and slice onions.
  4. Fill the Jars: Pack cucumbers in jars, add onion, garlic, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, black peppercorns, and dill.
  5. Add Brine: Ladle boiling brine into jars, leave ½-inch headspace, and clean rims before sealing.
  6. Process in Water Bath: Place jars in canner, cover with water, boil and process pint jars for 10 minutes.
  7. Cooling and Storing: Remove jars and cool overnight, check seals, label, and store in a cool dark place.

Nutrition

Serving: 1jarCalories: 40kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gSodium: 940mgPotassium: 200mgFiber: 1gVitamin A: 80IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 0.3mg

Notes

For best results, use fresh, small pickling cucumbers and ensure jars are properly sealed.

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