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A simple recipe for refrigerator sweet pickles, one jar at a time! #TexasHomesteader

Refrigerator Sweet Pickle Recipe

This simple sweet-pickle recipe makes refrigerator pickles the same way you harvest cucumbers: One quart at a time. Not syrupy sweet like other pickles, lightly sweet and delightfully crisp. #TexasHomesteader

Course Condiments
Cuisine American
Keyword brine, cucumbers, pickles, sweet pickles
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 Quart
Author www.TexasHomesteader.com

Ingredients

  • Enough sliced pickling cucumbers to fit into a quart-sized jar About 4-5 small cucumbers
  • Wide-mouth quart canning jar
  • 1 cup filtered water
  • 1/2 cup vinegar 5% acidity
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons pickling spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon pickling salt
  • 1-2 cloves garlic
  • 1-2 fresh grapevine leaves - washed & patted dry

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients together except grapevine leaves and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly.

  2. Place grapevine leaves in bottom of a clean wide-mouth quart jar, add washed, sliced cucumbers.

  3. Pour hot brine over cucumbers, place lid on jar & let pickles sit about 30 minutes to cool, then store in refrigerator. Can taste after 48 hours but they're perfect for us in about a week.

  4. Use within about 3 months.