
Easy Homemade Pickles - Refrigerator pickles are pickles that don't require any brining or boiling water. Instead of boiling water, the vinegar and sugar are mixed together in a bowl with the spices (salt and celery salt) and the pickles rest in a fridge until they are ready to eat.
This is probably the easiest pickle recipe you'll ever make, I swear! The major ingredients (vinegar, sugar, celery salt, and salt) you should already have in your pantry. My friends Ben and Ashley over at Ramshackle Pantry gave me this recipe a couple of years ago and Ashley had got it from her Mom. They are probably the best pickles I've ever made, and you don't need to can them at all. Yep, no boiling some hot water on a stove and having to worry about botulism. You can store these pickles in your fridge in a Tupperware container and just eat them as a snack. These pickles aren't your normal dill pickles, they're a bit on the sweet side and they're terrific on burgers.
When I lived at my old house I had quite a large garden and there were always plenty of cucumbers in it to make pickles with. Eventually, all the garden did was produce weeds and I realized I was growing way too many vegetables that I could ever eat. I could have canned those vegetables but canning things kind of scares me. Me and boiling water equals how many different ways you could probably get sick from storing them over long periods of time. I even admit that when I moved out, I had found pickles that I had canned probably from 3 years ago. Scary right? Anyways... that is why I quit canning. Too much food and a lot of waste. I like this recipe because like I said above you don't have to do any of that.
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Pickles
- Apple cider vinegar - The first 3 ingredients in this recipe you should already have in your pantry. Vinegar, sugar, and salt.
- Sugar
- Salt
- Celery salt - Over at Ramschakle Pantry, there's a recipe for homemade celery salt here.
- Onion
- Cucumbers
How to make Easy Homemade Refrigerator Pickles
- Slice cucumbers and onions very thin using a mandoline.
- Mix the vinegar, sugar, salt, and celery together in a large bowl.
- Place sliced cucumbers and onions in the bowl large bowl. Mix everything until well combined.
- Let the pickles rest in a refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Tips for Easy Refrigerator Pickles
You can store these pickles in an airtight container for 2 months.
Are refrigerator pickles healthy? Pickles made to be left on store shelves are typically made with vinegar, which kills most of their gut-healthy benefits. Processed pickles often include preservatives and more sodium so they last longer. By opting for refrigerated ones, however, you'll get all the healthy benefits
These pickles will not make you sick since no brining or boiling water is involved.


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Easy Homemade Pickles
Ingredients
- 1 cup of apple cidar vinegar
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1 onion
- 5 pickling cucumbers
Instructions
- Slice cucumbers and onions very thin using a mandoline.
- Mix the vinegar, sugar, salt, and celery together in a large bowl.
- Place sliced cucumbers and onions in the bowl large bowl. Mix everything until well combined.
- Let the pickles rest in a refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
Notes
Smartpoints will vary depending on how many cucumbers you end up slicing.
Nutrition
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Protein: 0
Jenna says
I have never tried putting pickles in the freezer.
Katie says
Can you put these in freezer and if so how long are they good for once in freezer.
Jenna says
Any airtight container is fine. Keep the liquid they will just get better as they sit. 🙂
Megan says
Do you leave the pickles in the wet mixture once they have sat for 24 hours once you put them in an air tight container?