84 canning pickle recipes

7-day sweet pickles made the old-fashioned canning way: five daily soaks in boiling water followed by a hot sugar-vinegar spiced brine. The slow process delivers shatteringly crisp, glassy-sweet bread-and-butter style pickles that put the supermarket jars to shame.

Old-school garlic dill pickles made with a simple vinegar brine, fresh dill, and whole garlic cloves. This canning recipe fills about 8 quarts of crunchy, tangy pickles.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch pickled pears: whole or sliced pears poached in spiced apple cider vinegar syrup with cloves and cinnamon. Traditional canning recipe for the holiday relish tray.

Homemade pickling spice blend with mustard seeds, allspice, coriander, cloves, ginger, and cinnamon. Mix once and use all canning season for pickles, relishes, and brines.

Heritage crystal pickles brined for 5 days, boiled with ginger and alum, then simmered in sweet pickling spice syrup until glass-clear. A Southern canning tradition worth the wait.

Freezer cucumber pickles with onions, sugar, and apple cider vinegar. No-canning sweet pickles that stay crisp for months in the freezer.

Sweet zucchini pickles with cinnamon sticks and cloves in a vinegar-sugar syrup. Refrigerator pickles, no canning, perfect for summer's zucchini surplus.

Summer cucumber crisps: refrigerator quick pickles with cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and mustard seed. Sweet-tart spiced pickle chips, no canning, ready overnight.

Old-fashioned seven-day sweet pickles brined with apple cider vinegar, sugar, and pickling spices. This slow canning method yields 7 pints of crunchy, sweet cucumber pickles worth the wait.

Quick-pickled raw vegetables in a dill seed, apple cider vinegar, and hot sauce brine. Ready after 24 hours in the fridge, no canning required.

Pickled cauliflower with pearl onions in a tangy mustard-seed brine. Crunchy, bright, and fiery from a single red chili. A classic canning recipe perfect for antipasto plates.

Old-fashioned cinnamon pickles made from cucumber rings soaked in pickling lime and candied in a sweet cinnamon syrup over 4 days. A cherished Southern canning tradition.

Garden dill pickles with garlic, mustard seed, and a salty vinegar brine. Easy water-bath canning recipe that turns a glut of summer cucumbers into pantry pickles.

Peppy dill wedges are spicy cucumber pickles with dill seed, crushed red pepper, and apple cider vinegar, quick-processed for canning. A crunchy, no-sugar pickle with heat.

Old-fashioned 14-day sweet pickles using small cucumbers, brined and gradually sweetened in cinnamon-celery seed syrup. Heritage canning recipe with crisp results.

Kosher dill pickles: classic garlic-and-dill brined cucumbers with snap and bite. A simple vinegar-brine canning recipe that turns out crisp, tangy pickles after a six-week cure.