Sweet pickle recipes?

[Jingles]

I know I saw posts on sweet pickles, but for the life of me I can't find the posts anymore. I even searched for them and no luck. So I'm asking again. Does anyone have any easy store bought like tasting sweet pickle recipes? I have pickles coming out of my ears here and we love the store bought type of sweet pickles. I would LOVE to make my own and save a fortune in pickles! Please help!

 

Thanks

[WormGuy]

I found this one from Snowmom:

 

Snowmom

07/03/04

 

SWEET PICKLES

 

Soak your pickles in salt water over night. 1 Tablespoon salt per quart of water. In morning, drain them and put in them in vinegar and bring to a boil, but DO NOT boil. Pack pickles in your quart or pint jars.

 

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup vinegar

1 tesp. spices (Pickling Spices)

 

This is per 1 quart of water

 

Boil 5 minutes pour over the pickles and seal jars.

 

I have made these years ago, and they were good. This is the recipe my mom gave me.

 

 

 

John

[Violet]

I found this one from Snowmom:

 

Snowmom

07/03/04

 

SWEET PICKLES

 

Soak your pickles in salt water over night. 1 Tablespoon salt per quart of water. In morning, drain them and put in them in vinegar and bring to a boil, but DO NOT boil. Pack pickles in your quart or pint jars.

 

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup vinegar

1 tesp. spices (Pickling Spices)

 

This is per 1 quart of water

 

Boil 5 minutes pour over the pickles and seal jars.

 

I have made these years ago, and they were good. This is the recipe my mom gave me.

 

 

 

John

 

I am confused... bring to a boil, but DO NOT boil ?? I am also unsure of the 1 qt. of water. You aren't adding a quart of water to 1 cup vinegar, sugar, and spices, are you, since that won't be nearly acidic enough to keep them safe...

There is also no processing time given.

I am totally lost on this one. Sorry.

 

I make sweet pickle chunks. Takes a week to make, but they are so awesome ! Even people who don't like pickles rave about them. They are not easy, though, as you asked for easy, Jingles.

[ScrubbieLady]

I make sweet pickle relish and use the Ball Blue Book recipe.

[Andrea]

I second ScrubbieLady, the Ball Sweet Pickle Relish is fantastic. I just made a batch last night. There is also a sweet pickle recipe in it complete with canning times, head space, etc. If you don't have the book yet, run to your nearest Wal-Mart and pick up a copy. They are around $6.00 and well worth every penny. (The thicker, $20.00+ dollar edition of the Ball Book of Preserving isn't nearly as good, imo!)

[Jingles]

With the pickle relish recipe in the ball book do you chop the pickles really really small or can you dice them like about 1/8" to 1/4" size? I use my sweet pickles in tuna salad and I usually like little bit size peices so you can have a burst of sweet pickle in you bits. With store bought relish it all gets mushed in and you hardly taste it.

[Canned Nerd]

Coarseness is up to your own discretion. I prefer to put mine through the meat grinder, making it a consistent texture.

 

 

[ScrubbieLady]

I use my food processor for to cut up my pickles, peppers and onion.

[Crazy4Canning]

I did the Sweet Pickle recipe from the Ball Blue Book last year. It was painstaking, but well worth it. Yes, I did sit there and poke EVERY SINGLE pickle. I used gherkins - some were tiny enough to toss in whole, others needed chunking. I will take out these pieces and chop them when I toss them into tuna or something.

 

I also made the BBB sweet relish - again, delish! Painstaking, but worth it. I use a mandoline slicer (be careful of fingers!).

 

Finally, was the dill relish. My only change was to add a bit more dill seed because I was using up the last bit from my supplies. I did add a bit of green coloring because it was looking this weird yellow - oh - and I added Pickle Crisp (Calcium Chloride) to EVERY jar to keep it firm.

 

I couldn't have hoped for finer pickles and relish. These items do need to age, so know that unlike fruit, you can't just yank one of the shelf a week later and eat it. Mine were perfect about 4-6 months later, just in time for the holidays.

 

Have fun!