How to Make Easy Homemade Refrigerator Pickles
Cucumbers are very much like zucchini. You plant just a few plants and then before you know it you are overloaded with cucumbers. We are in the overloaded stage and have been for the past 2 weeks. We had plastic grocery bags filled with cucumbers tucked here, there and everywhere on the kitchen counter. This weekend it got so bad that I was moving cukes every time I needed to prepare a meal so I had to do something. So, I made a triple batch of refrigerator pickles.
These homemade refrigerator pickles are perfect thing to make if you've never canned anything before. Not only are they easy, they are remarkably tasty; so much so, that I seldom make the cooked kind of pickles anymore.
Ingredients
1 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
2 cups white sugar
6 cups sliced cucumbers
1 cup sliced onions
Directions
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring vinegar, salt and sugar to a boil. Boil until the sugar has dissolved, about 10 minutes.
Place the cucumbers, and onions in a large bowl. Pour the vinegar mixture over the top. Transfer to jars and store in the refrigerator. * Do NOT keep these in the cupboard!
I've had good luck with these keeping a long time in the fridge. That much vinegar probably keeps about anything from spoiling. Please note, the photo above shows 3 batches of pickles. Once batch makes 2.5 pint jars very tightly packed.
Thanks for the heads up on this. Sounds good and I plan to try it.
Love and Hugs,
Joyce Creation in Progress
My husband's grandma makes these every year. We actually have 2 big jars that she made up for us in our fridge right now and we LOVE them! :-)
i just made 4 quart jars of these...i didnt include the onion because i didnt have any..and i added some celery seed and dry mustard for flavor hopefully it turns out
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