Pickles

Pickle recipes for canning, from classic cucumber dills to sweet, spicy, and savory pickled vegetables. Maybe your garden has handed you a bumper crop of cucumbers, pattypans, peppers, or tomatoes. Or maybe you simply want to make your own pickles, save money, or have more control over what goes into the jar.

Here you’ll find vinegar-based pickling recipes for home canning, from familiar favorites to less traditional combinations when you want something beyond the usual dill pickle.

Each recipe covers the important details, including acidity, brine ingredients and ratios, processing times, and altitude adjustments for canning. We also include both water-bath and steam-canning instructions.

Whether you’re preserving a bumper crop or making your first batch of pickles, these recipes give you practical ways to put good food in the jar and keep it there.