===== Dill Pickles =====
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[[Canning]]\\ 
Prep Time: 60 minutes\\ 
Cook Time: 15 minutes\\ 

Brine Ingredients:
  * 6 cups white vinegar
  * 6 tbsp pickling salt
  * 8 cups water
  * 1/3 cup granulated sugar

Pickle Ingredients:
  * Cucumbers cut into spears
  * 1/2 tbsp peppercorns per jar
  * Mustard powder
  * Fresh dill
  * Garlic cloves

Steps:
  - Sterilize canning jars, lids, and rings in boiling water for 10 minutes.
  - Mix together brine ingredients ang bring to a boil.
  - Cut cucumbers into spears.
  - Once jars are sterilized put in 1/2 tbsp peppercorns, a few shakes of mustard powder to taste, a couple crushed cloves of garlic, and a few stems of dill with flowers.
  - Pack jars with cucumber spears and fill with brine leaving 1/2" head space.
  - Water bath can the jars for 15 minutes.

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