Sweet Pickle Sticks Recipes

BEST EVER SWEET PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large nonreactive bowl, combine cucumbers, onion and salt. Cover with crushed ice and mix well. Let stand 3 hours. Drain; rinse and drain thoroughly., In a Dutch oven, combine sugar, water, vinegars, mustard seed, celery seed and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cucumber mixture; return to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 4-5 minutes or until heated through., Carefully ladle hot mixture into 4 hot wide-mouth 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Add 3 garlic cloves and 1 bay leaf to each jar. Remove air bubbles and, if necessary, adjust headspace by adding hot pickling liquid. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

SWEET PICKLES FROM RIPE CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Cut cucumbers into large strips or pieces.
• Combine salt and 8 cups of water in a large stock pot. Stir until salt dissolves.
• Add the cucumbers. Let stand at least 12 hours.
• Drain and rinse cucumbers.
• In a large pot, combine sugar, vinegar, 1½ cups water, cinnamon and cloves. Bring to a boil.
• Add drained cucumbers.Gently boil until cucumbers begin to look transparent. You may have to do this in two separate batches if your pot is too small.
• Pack into clean pint jars.Cover with the vinegar syrup.
• Top with 2 piece canning covers. Process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes.
• Remove from canner and let sit on counter overnight.
• Pickles will improve with age, so let sit at least 3 weeks before serving.

SWEET PICKLE STICKS

Steps:

• Use 6-8 medium cucumbers. Cut into sticks. Pour boiling water over them and let stand 5 hours. Drain and pack into jars.
• Boil solution for 5 minutes Pour over cucumbers in the jars. Put on top and screw band tight. Process in boiling water 5 minutes.

SUMMERTIME SWEET PICKLES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan at medium-high heat, combine cider vinegar, salt, sugar, tumeric and mustard seed. Bring to a boil and let cook for 5 more minutes.
• Meanwhile, slice cucumbers and onion. Loosely pack the vegetables in a 1-quart canning jar or other similarly sized container. Pour hot liquid over the vegetables in the container. Refrigerate for 24 hours and enjoy! Keep refrigerated.

SWEET PICKLE STICKS

Steps:

• Wash and cut the cucumbers in sticks.
• Pour boiling water over the cucumber sticks and let stand for 4 hours.
• Drain and pack into 6 quart jars.
• Put all other ingredients in large pot.
• Boil this for 6 minutes.
• Pour hot liquid over the cucumbers, and seal firmly.
• Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.

EASY SWEET PICKLES

Steps:

• Drain pickles and reserve the liquid.
• Cut pickles into 1 inch chunks, return to the jar pickles came inches.
• Add the vinegar, whole cloves, and cinnamon to the jar of pickles.
• Add sugar alternating with a little pickle juice to the pickle jar, but make sure all sugar is added to the jar of pickles.
• Add only enough juice to cover pickles.
• (amount may very depending on how the pickles settle in the jar).
• Put lid on and shake the pickle jar until the sugar is dissolved.
• Place in the refrigerator.
• Shake once daily for 7 days.
• (For those that can't wait 7 days to try these pickles. You can dig in early, but please note the pickles are better the longer they set.).