Oven Canned Dill Pickles

[Weedygarden]

Have you ever had oven canned dill pickles? My cousin buys vegetables at a farmer's market from a Hutterite colony and canned up a bunch of gherkins this way. They were wonderful. I had to get the recipe and found out it is out there on the internet. I have yet to make them, but I sure want to.

The first one is for a quart of pickles. The second recipe is for a larger batch. If I were heating up my oven and canning, I would want to do more.

This is the recipe I got from my cousin:

Loretta Lynn's Dill Pickles in the Oven

Recipe from Shirley K.

This recipe was Loretta Lynn's , the country singer.

DILL PICKLES IN THE OVEN.

6 cups of vinegar.
3 quarts of distilled or osmosis water.
One third cup of pickling salt.
Garlic..... one or two small pieces.
Alum size of pea.

Mix all together . Put pickles and dill in the jars. Pour liquid to within a fourth an inch to the top. Put hot seal and lids on. Screw tight. Place them on a cookie sheet a few inches apart on middle rack. Cook at 250 degrees for 3 hours. Take them out and they should seal.

 

[snappy1]

Sure seems like they left out the dill. If I were trying it, (and I would), I would do half with dill and half without. Maybe doing the smaller recipe to try it. Would be nice if they are crunchy, mine always turn out mushy unless I do the 2 day pickles.

 

[user 55]

Sure seems like they left out the dill. If I were trying it, (and I would), I would do half with dill and half without. Maybe doing the smaller recipe to try it. Would be nice if they are crunchy, mine always turn out mushy unless I do the 2 day pickles.

Says to put the dill on the bottom from the quart size suggestion although I see it doesn’t say how much. Most of our dills have been mushy too Snappy although not sure why.

 

[Weedygarden]

Says to put the dill on the bottom from the quart size suggestion although I see it doesn’t say how much. Most of our dills have been mushy too Snappy although not sure why.

Sure enough! I need to read more carefully sometimes!

 

[snappy1]

Says to put the dill on the bottom from the quart size suggestion although I see it doesn’t say how much. Most of our dills have been mushy too Snappy although not sure why.

Duh! I did not read it well! Thanks G

 

[Dani]

I haven't done pickles in the oven before, but my Sweet Pea is coming for a visit tomorrow and think this may be a fun thing to do with her. We'll see how it goes .

 

[Amish Heart]

Sounds interesting, Weedy. Let me know if you try it.

 

[Weedygarden]

Sounds interesting, Weedy. Let me know if you try it.

I am going to try and get some gherkins from Bountiful Baskets, if they have them. I look at their form everytime they send it to me, but I have yet to purchase from them. Have you ever gotten anything from them?

I am also going to watch farmer's markets. If I can find them, along with dill, I will make some.

 

[Amish Heart]

Nope, I haven't. Let me know what you think of them, too.

 

[tiffanysgallery]

no, haven't either. Also would like to hear how they do.

 

[Dani]

Sweet Pea had fun making these. She was in charge of dumping in each ingredient after being measured out. We didn't do too many just 11 pints, but at 2 1/2 I really didn't want to push her attention span. Thought this was an easy introduction for canning at her age since nothing she touched was preheated and didn't have to watch a boiling pot on the stove. We did place dill sprigs at the bottom of the jar and put in a half teaspoon of dill seed at the top. We made up 3 special jars for her daddy that had red pepper flakes added in. Waiting a few weeks to try them out but so far super easy.

 

[Dani]

These oven dill pickles turned out better than I thought they would I had a nice crunch to them. I will be adding in more dill next time I make them. I used two sprigs per jar and also added in a 1/2 teaspoon of dill seed.

 

[Weedygarden]

These oven dill pickles turned out better than I thought they would I had a nice crunch to them. I will be adding in more dill next time I make them. I used two sprigs per jar and also added in a 1/2 teaspoon of dill seed.

I've never made them, but I ate some that my cousin made. That was why I wanted the recipe. I thought they were excellent.