Sweet Dills - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. distilled vinegar
1 qt. water
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 or 3/4 c. kosher salt
3 Tbsp. pickling spices
bay leaves
garlic
dill
Hungarian hot peppers
onion
mustard seed

Preparation

Mix vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pickling spices.
Put on stove.
Keep lid on and let simmer.
Stir occasionally.
Put garlic (1), dill, pepper (1 slice) and onion at bottom of each jar.
Cut pickles in half lengthwise.
Fill half full with pickles.
Repeat with garlic, dill, etc.
Fill with pickles and repeat garlic, dill, etc.
On top layer, add 1 bay leaf and sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed.
Bring vinegar mix to boil. Pour through strainer and fill each jar to the top.
Let cool for a day, rotating (flipping) jars for mixing every few hours. Refrigerate.
Makes approximately 40 pickles or 4 to 8 quarts.