Dill Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

small cucumbers
fresh dill
fresh dill stem
red pepper (optional)
1/4 c. coarse pickling salt
1 c. vinegar
2 c. water

Preparation

Wash and pack cucumbers tightly in pint or quart jars.
Add 1/2 head of dill and piece of stem, about 1 inch long, to bottom and top of quart jar (for pints use smaller amount of dill).
Add red pepper.
Bring salt, vinegar and water to a boil and pour over cucumbers.
Seal jars and place in boiling water bath.
Simmer for 10 minutes.