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Canning Recipe:

Dill Pickles

by: Dusti Cummins

Wash and dry dill size cucumbers

Place in jar:
Handful of fresh dill
1/4t alum
3-4 garlic cloves

Fill jar with cucumbers.

Bring to boil:
4 c apple vinegar
12 c water
2/3c canning salt

Pour over cucumbers to 1/8" from top of jar. Place seals and rings on jars and water bath 20 min for quarts, 30 minutes for half gallons.

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