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Add a grape leaf to each jar, covering cucumbers. Remove any air bubbles, add more brine if needed.

Add the brine to the packed jars, leaving a 1-inch headspace.

In a heavy saucepan, bring the water, pickling salt, and vinegar to boil.

Pack seven warm wide-mouth quart jars with cucumbers, garlic, spices, dill, and red pepper.

Cut the blossom end of the cucumber by 1/4-inch.

A tip for a seamless experience? Do not work one jar at a time, find your groove and batch your tasks. The steps for canning dill pickles are extremely easy. However, there are steps which can help pickled cucumbers remain crispy for a wee-bit longer. Of course they won’t, cucumbers which sit in liquid for 6 months to a year will become soggy. The biggest complaint about a canning dill pickles is, they do not remain crisp after months of sitting. A recipe which has been canned since 1925. With that said, enjoy great grandma’s recipe.

Which by the way is necessary to achieve crisp pickles. Unlike most recipes this kosher dill pickle recipe for canning calls for the use of spring water and grape leaves. Traditional recipes, like this one from Justin’s great grandmother, have been passed through multiple generations and are still being canned today. However, some canning recipes, like a good canned pickle recipe, made it through the generations because individuals who considered them to be a family treasure. Items which were grown and then canned were no longer a necessity. Sadly, upon the arrival of supermarkets the need to preserve foods quickly diminished. I have been blessed to have received many preserving recipes from my husband’s family, including this kosher dill pickle recipe for canning.

Especially ones pertaining to preserving foods. Recipes which have been handed down through generations are priceless.