Easy Overnight Refrigerator Pickles

 English cucumber, cut into spears or slices (or any cucumbers)

1 1/2 cups distilled white vinegar

2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp slat

1 tsp whole black peppercorns

3 whole cloves garlic, peeled

3-4 springs fresh dill, cut up

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (optional for heat)

Place cucumbers into a glass mason jar or any glass container with a lid.  Heat a saucepan to medium-high heat adding vinegar, sugar, salt, peppercorns and garlic cloves until boiling. Pour into jars with the cucumbers stuffing all ingredients down with a spoon.  Put on lid and let it cool on the kitchen counter for 1 hour to room temperature. After cooled add fresh dill and red pepper flakes. Put back on lid and put jar in the refrigerator overnight.