Quick Sweet Pickles

Gather

Ingredients

• 8 lb 3–4 inch pickling cucumbers
• ⅓ cup canning salt
• 4½ cups sugar
• 3½ cups vinegar (5%)
• 2 tsp celery seed
• 1 tbsp whole allspice
• 2 tbsp mustard seed

Preserve

Instructions

1. 01

   Remove blossom ends; slice or cut into strips. Salt, cover with ice, and refrigerate 3–4 hours; drain well.

2. 02

   Boil sugar, vinegar, and spices. For hot pack, add cucumbers and return slowly to a boil. Pack with ½-inch headspace.

3. 03

   In a boiling-water canner, process hot packs 5 minutes minutes. For raw-pack pints use 10 minutes; quarts 15.
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