Canned Dill Pickle Recipe Homemade pickles
It’s time for another installment of our Food Storage series! Part of why we do this is to help you store up food for a lot less cost than it would be to purchase the same amount of food for your shelf. Plus often times the food tastes much better! You can control what ingredients go into your food instead of a lot of processed additives. One of the foods I absolutely love to process is our homemade dill pickle recipe.
These homemade pickles are Kosher and have an amazing flavor! Plus they are all natural, no additives, and they store very well. The last time I canned this kosher dill pickle recipe was two years ago. I did a lot to say the least. And I was able to store up enough pickles for two years for our family. And it didn’t cost me much at all. Well, I noticed that my pickle storage was dwindling this season, so it is time to store up more kosher dill pickles! Which is great for you, because I’m sharing my secret for amazing canned dill pickles!
Homemade Dill Pickle recipe for canning
Making these kosher dill pickles is super easy. Seriously you will be amazed at how easy it is and wonder, “why have I not done this before!” I know. I thought the very same thing when I made pickles for the first time! They are even easier than making jam! No kidding! And I think jam is pretty easy! You will need:
- 9-11 lbs pickling cucumbers
- 3 1/3 cups White distilled vinegar with 5% acidity
- 7 1/3 cups water
- 1 pouch Mrs. Wages Kosher Dill Pickles mix– No I’m not being paid to mention this brand. It really is what we use and I’m not being compensated in any way by mentioning them. Though if you click on my link and purchase them from Amazon, I would be paid pennies for referring you to them. It’s just what we love and use and found to offer the best flavor, crispness and is a natural mix.
- Quart jars & lids
- Water bath
- Magnetic lid lifter
This can be done with regular cucumbers, but they won’t stay crisp as long as pickling cucumbers will.
Some people keep the cucumbers whole, but I like to slice off the ends and then dice my cucumbers into hamburger pickle slices. If you have a food Processor this makes the process go a lot faster. Trust me. I canned up a full lug (roughly 25-30 lbs) of pickling cucumbers. That is a lot of slicing if I didn’t use my food processor. It cut my prep time by 80%!
Then with your jars and lids sterilized, you pack in the sliced cucumbers tightly. You will want to leave a 1/2 inch head space. Part of this is again, putting the lids in a pan of freshly boiled water for 3 minutes to ensure they are prepped and ready to seal. Leave the lids in the hot water until it’s time to cover the bottles. Then prepare the Mrs Wages Kosher Dill pickles mix according to the directions on the package.
And don’t worry, those instructions are super easy. Basically you mix the vinegar, mix and water in a pan. Then heat until it is just about to boil over medium heat. You do not want to use an aluminum pan.
Finally evenly divide the liquid between your 7 quarts of cucumber filled jars. Again you want to leave 1/2 inch head space with the water. Remove the air bubbles. Wipe the rim to ensure it is clean. Then put on the lids.
Process your bottles in a water bath. Pints need to be processed for 5 minutes, and Quarts for 10 minutes. This is for altitudes of less than 1000 feet. For every 1000 feet altitude simply add one minute of processing time.
Finally remove from the water bath and allow to cool and wait for the musical “pop” sound. Thus ensuring your lids have sealed correctly. Once cooled they can be labeled and stored in a dark cool room. I don’t know what the official stand is on how long these pickles last. But I will let you know that my last batch has easily lasted 2 years and still tastes fresh when we popped them open.
This batch I finished and will be placing behind the last three jars from my batch from 2 years ago. But if you don’t have any older pickles to use up first, these are ready after sitting for 24 hours to blend the flavors. Then be sure to chill them first for enhanced flavor and crispness.
And now you have pickles to store up and enjoy for years to come! And no more do you have to worry about the rising cost of bottled Kosher Pickles from the grocery store!
Have you ever canned with the same dill pickle recipe?
Think you could try this dill pickle recipe?
How do you love to enjoy your dill pickles?
I absolutely love dill pickles. I have never tried to make them but they look delicious! Makes me want a pickle.
I need to try my hand at canning pickles. Some friends of mine always made the best pickles, I have just never tried. These look amazing.
These look amazing! I have always wanted to make my own pickles, and I thought it would be so hard, does not seem that way, I will have to try this!
This is an awesome tutorial! I’ve never canned any vegetable, yet alone pickles! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the recipe. We make homemade pickles all the time – fresh from the garden!
I just love dill pickles and they are so much better homemade! Thanks!
I never knew they had kits like that! I will have to get one! Thanks for sharing!
I use Mrs Wages when I pickle cucumbers, too. My husband loves them, as do the rest of us!
Seriously Mrs Wages are the best! We ran out and had to go find another pickling mix once. All of our stores were sold out of Mrs. Wages….that should tell you something right there. I made pickles once with another well known brand and it was not as good. Definitely sticking with Mrs Wages! So when they got in stock again, I stocked up in my storage down stairs. I will NOT run out of Mrs Wages again. lolol.
Hubby will be thanking me big time that I found this post!!
This looks delicious! What a fantastic tutorial! I can eat that pickle of the page!
I LOVE pickles but I always assumed that they were hard to make! I can’t believe it’s actually that easy. I am going to have to give it a try!
I so need to do this, my kids eat pickles like it’s going out of style! Thank you !
pickle is one of my favourite,haven’t tested it long time,this post just rembered me that. 🙂
All my cukes are gone for this year but you can bet I will be making these next year. Mouth water pickles and wonderful post
I bet those are amazingly good! I definitely want to try canning food sometime. 🙂
My dh is a serious dill pickle fiend. He eats a gallon a week IF I buy them. I need to plant more cucumbers next year and can my own.
i LOVE pickles! i am drooling right now!!!
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Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
I love everything pickled! Just pinned the recipe so I can make it myself 🙂
What gorgeous photos! My mom used to can pickles when I was a kid, and I have never really thought of doing it now that I’m an adult, but why not? Maybe I could even invite her over and we could do it together. That would be fun. 🙂 Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane!
I love making pickles but we didn’t get enough cucumbers this year.
I love pickles!! Nothing goes with a great burger like pickles. Yum.
Pinned this one! Yum!
Never canned pickles myself, i’ll have to try this! I love them sweet.
It has been a while since I made pickles. I used to make them every year but got out of the habit. I know my son would thank you if I whipped up a batch of these!
My mother used to do this all the time! I love pickles and these look SO good.
Momma used to pickle baby corn, and it was delicious- She’d just reuse our pickle juice from our jarred pickles. I bet this has an even better flavor!
That is so cool! I see you do so much canning…I really have to start doing this. We love dill pickles!
you made that look so easy!
That’s the great thing, it really IS that easy! lol
One of my all time favorites. I don’t can but I know a few people who would love this recipe and who do. Your pictures are really nice to look at too.
We don’t do any canning but I know lots of folks that do.
I love making pickles. I will have to try your recipe soon.
I have not canned in several years. I did used to make pickles with my dad. I haven’t heard of the seasoning that you use but the pickles look really tasty.
Your pickles look like they turned out GREAT!! I haven’t made pickles in years I think the last time I did it, I made freezer pickles.
This is a great share, I haven’t seen or heard of anyone doing it until now, but i like it!
I love canning! I made some pickles the other day. These look really good!
Wow, that looks really cool. I’d like to learn how to make sweet ones too.
My husband cans pickles. Pinned it so I can share the recipe with him. 🙂
I loooove pickles! I have never canned anything but my dad does every year and I’ve been wanting to get him to teach me! Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you for the great tutorial on how to do this. I never canned before but I am very intrigued on it. My kids love dill pickles and I am forever buying them so I am assuming this would be a lot cheaper in the long run. May have to give this a shot.
My son could LIVE off pickles. This is a great recipe to have for our family, thank you.
I love these. My parents are very big on pickling. I usually on the consuming end – LOL
Oh, fabulous. Ive been thinkong about canning, pickling and jamming for months! You make it look easy, thank you
I love how fresh these pickles look. I’m not a big pickle fan myself but Hubby loves them and I’m sure he would gobble these right up.
i’ve never canned anything before. is that sad?
I have always wanted to try canning, but I felt intimidated by it. My family loves pickles. After reading this I think I can do this. Thank you.
I love pickles, and would love to make my own, I will have to try this.
I LOVE pickles but I always assumed that they were hard to make! I can’t believe it’s actually that easy. I am going to have to give it a try! thanku soo much