Pickles
14-Day Sweet Pickles
Old-fashioned sweet cucumber pickles cured slowly for deep flavor.
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Ingredients
- 4 lb 2–5 inch pickling cucumbers
- ¾ cup canning salt, divided
- 2 tsp celery seed
- 2 tbsp mixed pickling spice
- 5½ cups sugar
- 4 cups vinegar (5%)
Preserve
Instructions
- 01
Follow the tested 14-day brining, rinsing, and daily syrup schedule exactly.
- 02
On day 14 pack into hot sterile pints or clean hot quarts, cover with boiling syrup, and leave ½-inch headspace.
- 03
In a boiling-water canner, process pints 5 minutes minutes or quarts 10 minutes.
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Trusted recipe source
USDA/NCHFP — 14-Day Sweet Pickles
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