Garlic Dill Pickles – Food in Jars

Ingredients

• 2 overflowing quarts of pickling cucumbers (sliced into fat coins*)
• 4 cups apple cider vinegar
• 4 cups water
• 5 tablespoons pickling salt
• 16 garlic cloves (peeled (2 per jar)**)
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper per jar*** (2 teaspoons total)
• 1 teaspoon dill seed per jar (8 teaspoons total)
• ½ teaspoon black peppercorns per jar (4 teaspoons total)