Kosher Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 to 40 medium cucumbers
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. salt
3 Tbsp. pickling spice
1 qt. vinegar
1 qt. water
1 head dill
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic
1 piece hot red pepper
1/2 tsp. mustard seed

Preparation

Wash and cut cucumbers in half lengthwise; pack in hot jars with the last 5 ingredients put in each pint jar.
Combine sugar, salt, vinegar and water.
Tie pickling spices in a cheesecloth bag; add to vinegar mixture.
Simmer 15 minutes.
Heat to boiling and pour over cucumbers; leave 1/4-inch headspace.
Adjust caps. Process pints and quarts 15 minutes in boiling water bath.
Yield: about 7 pints.