Pickled Peppers

• water↗3 quarts
• salt↗1 cup
• white vinegar↗1 quart
• garlic↗2 heads

  peeled

• fresh grape leaves↗
• jalapenos, banana or bell peppers↗3 lbs

  seeded and sliced in half

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Thoroughly wash peppers. Seed and slice peppers in half. Make a pickling solution of 3 quarts of water, 1 cup salt, 1 quart of white vinegar. Bring the solution to a boil. Dip washed jars in boiling water, place a grape leaf in bottom of jar with lots of garlic crushed and/or whole, fill jar with peppers. Pour solution over peppers to within 1/2 inch of top. Run a flat utensil down the sides of the jar. Clean lip of jar with dry cloth, screw band firmly tight. Process in boiling water 10 minutes.

2. 2

   I don't water bath these peppers and use them within one year. This recipe can be used for 1/2 gallon jars as well.