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    Bless This Mess > Recipes > Snacks > Pickles

    Homemade Pickling Spice Recipe

    Published: May 5, 2021 · Modified: May 5, 2021 by Melissa · 8 Comments

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    A homemade Pickling Spice recipe to make refrigerator pickles, overnight pickles, canned pickles, and more! This simple recipe will take you less than 10 minutes.

    A simple homemade pickling spice recipe to make refrigerator pickles, overnight pickles, canned pickles and more!

    Simplest Pickling Spice Recipe

    This recipe might not be one that you make tomorrow, but when you are in the middle of making pickles (the canned kind or the simple refrigerator kind) and you run out of pickling spice (or your little store doesn't carry it), this might just come in handy. I'm here to save the day, friends, one pickle at a time.

    I am pickle crazy, if you haven't noticed. I love normal canned pickles, overnight pickles, pickled peppers, and pickled hot peppers. Heck, I've even been getting into fermented pickles, and they are amazing (is that something you would want to know more about too??). All of them are so great in my opinion, and I'm here to get you excited about making pickles, too.

    In the world of homemade pickles, pickling spice is essentially just a blend of spices that you use to season your pickles. It's what makes a good pickle taste like a good pickle!

    A simple homemade pickling spice recipe to make refrigerator pickles, overnight pickles, canned pickles and more!

    What is pickling spice made of?

    I make mine from a mix of black peppercorns, mustard seeds, coriander seeds, dill seed, allspice berries, bay leaves, and optional crushed red pepper flakes. Some recipes include cinnamon, but it's not my favorite in it, so I don't include it. 

    What recipes do you use pickling spice in?

    I have a few pickle recipes that I LOVE and make often. Here's the list:

    • Sweet and Spicy Cucumbers and Vinegar
    • Quick Dilly Cucumbers in Vinegar
    • Homemade Claussen Knock-Off Pickles from Foodie with Family (this recipe is AMAZING and I give it as gifts all summer long)

    The fun part about those recipes is that you can reuse the brine! I just toss in more cucumbers when we've eaten through the jar of pickles. I'll do this a time or two before tossing out the brine and the cucumbers still taste delicious.

    If you’ve tried this pickling spice recipe or any other recipe on Bless this Mess, then don’t forget to rate the recipe and leave me a comment below! I would love to hear about your experience making it. And if you snapped some pictures of it, share it with me on Instagram so I can repost on my stories AND add your photo to your comment so that other can see your creation!

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    Homemade Pickling Spice Recipe


    • Author: Melissa Griffiths - Bless this Mess
    • Total Time: 5 mins
    • Yield: About ½ of a cup 1x
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    A homemade Pickling Spice recipe to make refrigerator pickles, overnight pickles, canned pickles, and more! This simple recipe will take you less than 10 minutes.


    Ingredients

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    • 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
    • 2 tablespoons mustard seeds
    • 2 tablespoons coriander seeds
    • 2 tablespoons dill seed
    • 1 tablespoon allspice berries
    • 2 bay leaves, crumbled
    • 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional

    Instructions

    1. Add all of the ingredients to a small jar with a lid (one cup wide-mouth canning jar works great). Use your fingers to break the bay leaves into small pieces.
    2. Stir to combine.
    3. Add a lid and store until needed.
    • Prep Time: 5 min
    • Cook Time: 0 mins
    • Category: Side
    • Method: Canning
    • Cuisine: American

    Keywords: pickling spice recipe, easy pickling spice recipe, simple pickling spice recipe, ready to use pickling spice, pickling spices, homemade pickling spice, homemade pickling spice recipe

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    And there you have it - your very own pickling spice recipe and a few of my favorite quick pickle recipes to try it with. I don't have a great canned pickle recipe yet (the recipes I've tried have resulted in squishy/soggy pickles), so if you have one, I'd love to know!

    Enjoy from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Gp

      July 01, 2022 at 2:26 am

      No. The coriander and all spice is a terrible blend for pickles. You must have never used your recipe . its awful and gives the brine a terrible flavor. Your recipe its set up for failure.

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    2. Ana Branaman

      October 03, 2021 at 1:00 pm

      How much of this are you using for a quart jar?

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      • Melissa

        October 04, 2021 at 1:40 pm

        I generally use 1 teaspoon per quart but it depends on what the recipe calls for.

    3. steve a abril

      July 09, 2021 at 9:34 am

      Recipe for Irish-style pickled hard boiled eggs ? perhaps

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    4. Lee

      July 15, 2020 at 5:02 pm

      Soak I’m pickling lime for 24 hours. Won’t be mushy

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    5. Sandra Doerr

      August 01, 2018 at 2:17 pm

      Some reasons for mushy pickles:
      Use water without fluoride or chlorine, do not use table salt, cut the blossom end off cukes. Hope this helps.

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    6. Tom Flinn

      July 21, 2018 at 3:36 pm

      Hi thanks for the pickling recipe; write me back and ill send my no boil crunchy dill pickles! Thomasflinn@gmail.com hugs Tommy

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    7. Pamela Tautari

      July 21, 2018 at 1:06 pm

      Thank you for the great advice for pickling spice. I tried it and totally enjoyed it with my pickling onions.

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