Kosher Dill Pickles

Ingredients

• small cucumbers
• garlic cloves
• crushed red pepper
• alum
• grape leaves if you have them
• 1 qt cider vinegar 5
• 1 c coarse-medium salt
• 3 qt water

Directions

1. Use small cucumbers
2. Wash and let stand overnight in cold water or ice
3. I put mine in the refrigerator
4. Next day drain and pack into hot sterilized jars
5. To each quart add 1 garlic clove 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper 18 teaspoon alum and 1 grape leaf Make brine of vinegar salt and water
6. Bring to a boil and pour over the cucumbers in the jars
7. Seal
8. Makes 6 to 8 quarts