Learn how to make pickles at home! They're crisp, tangy, and refreshing - a perfect snack or sandwich fixing.
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT1M
Rating
4.92 stars (238 reviews)
Keywords
Dill pickle, Pickle recipe, Pickles
Ingredients
12 to 14 Persian cucumbers or 8 to 10 pickling cucumbers
4 garlic cloves (halved)
2 teaspoons mustard seeds
2 teaspoons peppercorns
Fresh dill sprigs (a few per jar)
2 cups water
2 cups distilled white vinegar
¼ cup cane sugar
2 tablespoons sea salt
Categories
Component
Snack
Cuisine
American
Steps
To make dill pickle spears, slice the cucumbers lengthwise into quarters. To make dill pickle chips, thinly slice them horizontally.
Divide the cucumbers among 4 (8-ounce) or 2 (16-ounce) jars. Divide the garlic, mustard seeds, peppercorns, and dill sprigs among each jar.
Heat the water, vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar and salt dissolve, about 1 minute. Let cool slightly and pour over the cucumbers. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then store the pickles in the fridge.
Pickle spears will be lightly pickled in 2 days, but their best flavor will start to develop around day 5 or 6. Pickle chips will be lightly pickled in 1 day, and will become more flavorful every day after that. Store in the fridge for several weeks.
Reviews
Shannon on 2026-08-17 10:11:46 (5 stars): This is by far the best recipe that we have used! The only thing different we do is add some red pepper flakes to some jars that we want spicy. We can’t keep them in our pantry we eat them so fast. Thanks for the amazing recipe. This is year 2 of using it.
Julia on 2026-08-11 12:51:48 (5 stars): This was a bit too vinegary for me, so I used 1:2 vinegar to water ratio and halved the amount of sugar. So good! Very small whole cucumbers also work great.
Leslie bonspiel on 2026-08-11 11:44:54 (5 stars): Can u tell me the recipe for a 1 litre jar please
Teresa on 2026-07-30 14:59:04 (5 stars): Your dill pickle recipe is delicious and so easy to make
Ronald on 2026-07-24 16:20:14 (5 stars): LOL! the best reply I ever heard!
Amy on 2026-07-22 18:31:34 (5 stars): My family loved these.. making a second batch right now. Thank you for the easy to follow instructions.
Elisha on 2026-07-17 11:23:26 (5 stars): This is my first time making pickles! I used the cucumbers from my garden, they weren’t “pickling” 94 Persian cucumbers but they still taste delicious!! I read some of the comments saying they were too sweet but and I was worried about that. But that was not my experience at all. So good! Will definitely be making these every year. Thank you for the recipe!
Angel L on 2026-07-03 16:03:19 (5 stars): Omgoodness! I just made these yesterday and today was delicious already!! I made a second container with some hot chili peppers and tomorrow should be perfect. Thank you for the recipe!! I don’t know why I waited this long to make my own pickles.
Tom on 2026-07-03 09:56:04 (5 stars): I added some fresh basil and this recipe then really popped!
Me on 2026-06-13 16:25:03 (5 stars): You definitely did something wrong. These are not sweet at all and some of the BEST I've ever tasted! We will be pickling okra with this next. Thank you for a fabulous recipe!
