Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. pickling cucumbers
6 Tbsp. salt
3 c. distilled white vinegar
3 c. water
3/4 to 1 c. dill seed
21 peppercorns

Preparation

Wash cucumbers thoroughly; cut in half lengthwise.
Combine salt, vinegar and water.
Heat to boiling.
Pack cucumbers into clean, hot jars.
Add 2 tablespoons dill seed and 3 peppercorns to each jar.
Fill with boiling pickling syrup to within 1/2-inch from top of jar.
Immediately seal and process in boiling water 10 minutes.