Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles

Name: Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
Total time: 1495
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups water; 1 ¼ cups white vinegar; 2 ½ teaspoons pickling salt; 1 teaspoon whole Tellicherry peppercorns; 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds; ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds; ½ teaspoon white sugar; ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste; 6 pickling cucumbers; ¼ small white onion, sliced; 8 sprigs fresh dill; 1 clove garlic, slightly crushed

Recipe by Buckwheat Queen from allrecipes.com

Snack 25 Hr. 55 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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1 ¼ cups water
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1 ¼ cups white vinegar
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2 ½ teaspoons pickling salt
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1 teaspoon whole Tellicherry peppercorns
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1 teaspoon yellow mustard seeds
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½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds

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½ teaspoon white sugar
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¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
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6 pickling cucumbers
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¼ small white onion, sliced
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8 sprigs fresh dill
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1 clove garlic, slightly crushed

Instructions

Combine water, vinegar, salt, peppercorns, yellow and brown mustard seeds, sugar, and crushed red pepper flakes in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until sugar and salt have dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Allow mixture to cool, about 30 minutes.
Cut cucumbers into even spears and pack into a 1-liter, large-mouthed glass jar. Add onion slices, dill sprigs, and garlic. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumbers in the jar to cover completely. Seal with a lid and refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.