Dill Pickles

Ingredients:
~ 2 Dill Heads per quart
~ 1-2 Garlic cloves per quart (optional)
~ Cucumbers

Brine:
~ 2 c. Vinegar
~ 6 c. water
~ 6 tbsp. coarse salt

Spice Bag:
~ 1 tbsp. mixed pickling spice, tied in double layer cheesecloth

Directions:
1) Put the heads and garlic in sterilized quart jars. Fill with cucumbers. Keep below one inch from top.

2) Combine water, vinegar & salt & pickling spice in large pot. Boil for five mins.

3) Discard spice bag.
4) Pour in jars. Fill one inch from top.
5) Clean tops of jars off, add snap lids and rings (make sure everything has been sterilized!)
6) Place jars in water bath canner that has been on simmer (Half filled with water)
7) Boil for thirty mins.

Recipe By Juanita