The Easiest Pickles Recipe
Easy pickles are one of the best snacks you and your kids can make and enjoy together on a hot summer day. Here’s an easy recipe for kids to turn fresh pickling-cucumbers into delicious treats.
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds of whole Supremo cucumbers, or a similar pickling variety
- 2 cups thinly sliced Granex Hybrid onions, or similar sweet and mild onion
- 1 quart of purified water
- 2 tablespoons sea salt
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon celery seeds
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper. If you like hot pickles, this quantity
can be doubled. - ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 horseradish leaves, if available
- 4 cloves of Garlic, Early Italian, or similar mild variety, thinly sliced
- Mason jars
Steps:
- Soak fresh cucumbers in ice water for an hour after harvest to perk them up.
- Slice garlic and onions and combine with remaining spices.
- Place the horseradish leaves on the bottom of the mason jar.
- On top of the leaves place the spices and sliced garlic and onion. Pack the little pickles as tightly as possible into the jar.
- Dissolve the salt in a quart of purified water and pour it over the cucumbers, just enough to cover them.
- Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and set on the counter for 3 to 7 days.
Refrigerate and enjoy!