A wonderful, crunchy pickle makes a great accompaniment to sandwiches, picnics and barbecues.
Spiced Pickles
Author: Epicurus
Recipe type: Pickles
Serves: 1 batch
Ingredients
- 200 small pickles
- 1 pound sugar
- 2 ounces mustard, dry
- 1 Cup salt
- 1 Quart cider vinegar
- 2 ounces cloves, whole
- 2 ounces cinnamon
Instructions
- Scald the pickles in boiling water. Drain. Mix together the cinnamon and cloves.
- Place a layer of pickles in a crock and sprinkle with the spice mixture; repeat until crock is filled.
- Combine the sugar, salt, mustard and vinegar and bring to a boil and cook about 5 minutes.
- Pour brine over the pickles, filling the crock. (More brine may be needed, depending on size of pickles). Cover crock and let stand in a cold place.