Olden Oasis Homestead

Refrigerated hot and spicy pickles Today, I am making two quarts of homemade refrigerated hot and spicy pickles. My recipe is for two quart jars. It's easy and requires no canning. However, I still sterilize everything before I pack my cucumbers. Since I am not canning these jars of pickles, they will have to be stored in the refrigerator. However, the heat from the hot brine usually seals the lid tight. This is an awesome recipe to make homemade pickles fast, and it comes in handy when your cucumber plants aren't producing enough to process a bunch of pickles at once. Ingredients: 12-16 pickling cucumbers, the amount depends on the size of your cucumbers 2 garlic cloves, halved, or minced 1 large onion, finely diced 8 chili peppers, finely diced 4 teaspoons of dried dill seed 1 tablespoon of black peppercorns, cracked 2 teaspoons of mustard seeds 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon of allspice 1 teaspoon of cloves 2-½ cups vinegar, both apple cider vinegar, or white vin...