This step-by-step guide is dill pickles apple cider vinegar great place to start. We’ve rounded up our best canning techniques for every type of pickle. Crunch, tang, garden freshness—that’s what you get when you know how to make homemade pickles.
Try these recipes reserved for pickle lovers. Whether you’re canny at canning, prefer the ease of the refrigerator or don’t want to heat up the stove at all. Butter PicklesI made these pickles while growing up and love them because you can eat them with just about anything. Keep them in the fridge and eat them up within a month. Christmas PicklesA dear family friend made these pickles for decades. Serve with ice cream, pound cake, roasted meat and veggies, or mix into your favorite salad greens.
Pickled Sweet PeppersI love to can my homegrown produce. I call this recipe Summer in a Jar. The peppers have a nice combination of tart and spicy flavors. Jars of colorful beets make great gifts, too! I crank up the heat a bit with cayenne pepper. The recipe is an easy way to dress up store-brought pickles and make them a special treat! Watermelon Rind Pickles”Waste not, want not” has always been smart advice—especially when it produces picked watermelon rind that’s so refreshing.