Crock Pot Garlic Dill Pickles

Total Time: 144 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 144 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 lbs pickling cucumbers
• 1 cup fresh dill (or 12 dill heads)
• 12 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
• 3 tablespoons instant minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon peppercorn
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup canning salt
• 1 teaspoon pickle, crisp
• 1 1/2 quarts mineral water

Recipe

• 1 rinse and dry cucumbers.
• 2 slice ends off, then half lengthwise.
• 3 combine all ingredients except cucumbers in crockpot.
• 4 stir to dissolve salt.
• 5 add cucumbers and weigh them down with a couple of salad plates so that all pickles are submerged.
• 6 put on lid.
• 7 do not turn on the crockpot!
• 8 allow to sit for six days.
• 9 put pickles into clean mason jars along with brine and refrigerate.
• 10 if you want to make whole pickles, cut off the blossom ends and soak for 11 days.