Apple Cider Vinegar Dill Pickles

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Apple Cider Vinegar Dill Pickles

What's better than dill pickles? Easy homemade apple cider vinegar dill pickles! This healthy recipe yields herbaceous, garlicy, crisp and tangy pickles - that will be sure to please your taste buds, and help you use up that goodness in your garden.

Course Sides

Cuisine American

Keyword acv recipes, apple cider vinegar pickles, homemade pickles

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings 16 oz jars of pickles

Calories 10

Author sarah

Ingredients

8 to 10 pickling cucumbers
4 garlic cloves halved
1 small onion quartered
2 teaspoons mustard seeds
2 teaspoons peppercorns
1 teaspoon fennel optional
Dill sprigs + additional fresh herbs if you have them
2 cups water
2 cups apple cider vinegar
¼ cup cane sugar
2 tablespoons sea salt

Instructions

Keep your pickles whole, or make pickle spears, slice the cucumbers lengthwise into quarters. To make dill pickle chips, thinly slice them horizontally.
Divide the cucumbers among 2 16-ounce jars. Divide the onion, garlic, mustard seeds, fennel, peppercorns, dill sprigs and other herbs (if using) among each jar.
Heat the water, apple cider vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar and salt dissolve. Let cool for several minutes, and then pour over the cucumbers in the jar. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then store the pickles in the fridge.

Notes

Pickle spears will start to pickle after two days. Let them sit for at least five for most flavor. Best flavor will begin to develop around day 5 or 6. Pickle chips will be lightly pickled in 1 day. Store in the fridge for several weeks. They get better as time passes. To ensure they have good flavor, wait 5 to seven days to try.

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