KDCROP Refrigerator Pickles

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 bay leaves
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 2 cups cold water
• 1 teaspoon dill seeds
• 16 dill sprigs
• 2 tablespoons coriander seeds
• 1¼ cup white vinegar (5% acidity)
• 3 tablespoons pickling salt or sea salt
• 1 ¾ to 2 pounds pickling cucumbers, about 10 depending on their size cut into halves or spears
• 6 large garlic cloves peeled and halved