Pickles
Sweet Gherkin Pickles
Crisp, whole baby cucumbers cured in a gradually sweetened spiced syrup.
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Ingredients
- 7 lb cucumbers, 1½ inches or smaller
- ½ cup canning salt
- 8 cups sugar
- 6 cups vinegar (5%)
- ¾ tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp celery seed
- 2 tsp mixed pickling spice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- Optional: ½ tsp fennel and 2 tsp vanilla
Preserve
Instructions
- 01
Follow the tested four-day scalding and syrup schedule exactly; do not shorten the curing stages.
- 02
On the final day pack into hot sterile pints and cover with boiling syrup, leaving ½-inch headspace.
- 03
In a boiling-water canner, process pints 5 minutes.
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USDA/NCHFP — Sweet Gherkin Pickles
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