I found this recipe by accident on the Backyard Chicken forum. Okay, so it wasn't an accident that I would be looking at recipes on a forum dedicated to raising chickens in your backyard. Since I have chickens and I love recipes.
I decided to give it a go. I had the jars on hand and the salt. All I needed to purchase was the pickling cucumbers and a couple of the spices. The whole shebang was less than $10 and seeing as the Claussen Pickles are $5 a jar at my grocery, I think I got out ahead.
Here's the recipe:
Claussen Kosher Pickle Copycat
Ingredients
* 1 gallon cucumbers
* 1/3 cup dehydrated minced onion (I used 2/3 cup fresh diced onion)
* 2 teaspoons dehydrated minced garlic or 6 garlic cloves, minced (I used fresh)
* 1-1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds
* 4 teaspoons dill seed
* 1 1/2 quarts water
* 2 cups cider vinegar
* 1/2 cup canning salt…(I used Kosher salt)
* 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns (I added that - I remember seeing it in a jar of Claussen Pickles.)
Slice cucumbers lengthwise into quarters add to jars.
Boil liquids and seasonings for 5 minutes to dissolve the salt and wake up the flavors, then cool. Pour over pickles and let sit on counter for three days turning them occasionally. Then refrigerate. They will keep for a year.
Please do not try to use the regular grocery store cucumbers, they have wax on them and they will not turn out. You can use grocery store pickling cucumbers, as they are not waxed.
Here is the link to the original recipe:
Claussen Pickle Copycats
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