Homemade Pickles

I had a few kirby cucumbers and wanted to find a recipe to make with them besides just cutting them for salads. I found a recipe to turn the cucumbers into pickles. A friend made pickles before and told me how easy it was to make. So I decided to turn my cucumbers into pickles. First you need to make a pickling solution that mainly consist of white vinegar. You cook the white vinegar with some salt, sugar, water and dried red peppers and boil the solution until the sugar is dissolved. Then turn off the fire and add sliced garlic and a few peppercorns. Let the pickling solution cool for 1 hour. While the solution is cooling, cut the cucumbers into desired slices--into 1/4" inch rounds (used as a condiment for burgers) or sliced into 1/2" inch thick long sticks (used to eat alongside your meal). Take the slices and put into a big glass jr that can old them. Take the cooled pickling solution and pour just enough to fill the top of the sliced cucumbers. Put in the fridge and let it sit in the pickling solution for 3 days. Ready to eat. These are so easy to make. Other variations is to make dill pickles using dill herbs in the solution. Recipe below.

Homemade Pickles
Ingredients:
1-2 lbs. cucumbers, sliced
3 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 cups of water
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns, crushed
4 tablespoons salt
2 dried red peppers (add more if you want spicier)
3 cloves garlic, sliced
big glass jar

Directions:
On stovetop, heat on high heat the vinegar, sugar, salt, water, and red peppers. Boil solution until sugar is dissolved. Take off heat, add the garlic and peppercorns. taste and add more sugar if needed. Let cool for 1 hour.
While pickling solution is cooling, slice the cucumbers (rounds or sticks) and put into glass jar. When pickling solution is cooled, pour into the jar just to fill the top of cucumbers. Place the jar in the fridge and let it sit for 3 days. Ready to eat on the 3rd day. Depending on how you slice them, use them as a condiment on burgers or a side with your meal.