Refrigerator Dill Pickles

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 15 cucumbers, washed and sliced into spears
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
• 4 -5 garlic cloves (more or less to taste)
• 6 -8 sprigs fresh dill
• 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced in half (again to taste)
• brine
• 2 1/4 quarts water
• 1 1/2 pints vinegar
• 1/2 cup pickling salt

Recipe

• 1 combine the water, vinegar and salt in a pot and bring to a boil.
• 2 put the cucumbers in a large, non-reactive bowl.
• 3 add the onion, mustard seed, garlic, dill and jalapeno.
• 4 pour the brine over the cukes, cover the bowl with cheesecloth and allow to sit on countertop or table for three days.
• 5 after three days, pack into jars, ladle the brine into the jars and refrigerate. they're good for a month or so (if they last that long).