alma's bread and butter pickles

How To Make alma's bread and butter pickles

• Step 1
  Bleach and sterilize your kitchen sink. Run lids and jars through dishwasher by themselves.
• Step 2
  Turn oven on warm or lowest setting. Put lids and jars on a cookie sheet in oven so they will stay warm.
• Step 3
  I use my thoroughly bleached and sterilized kitchen sink to ice my cucumbers in. Makes things easier, especially with all the ice and clean up is easy. *Just use extreme caution! The sink must be totally scrubbed and bleached. Rinse very well and poor hot boiling water into sink after cleaning.
• Step 4
  Wash and slice cucumbers and onion. I slice my cucumbers medium thin and my onion into rings.
• Step 5
  Mince garlic.
• Step 6
  Put everything into one side of sterilized sink with the *sink stopper in. *It should be run through the dishwasher, then bleached and rinsed very well.
• Step 7
  Add salt on TOP of cucumber mixture. DO NOT mix in!
• Step 8
  Add ice to cover for 3 hours. Keep adding ice as needed, this is what makes them crispy and not soggy.
• Step 9
  After 3 hours drain well
• Step 10
  Drain on a dish towel on the other side of sterilized sink. Pat dry with another clean dish towel, remove as much water as you can.
• Step 11
  Now you will need a large stock pot
• Step 12
  Combine sugar, spices and vinegar. Heat to a boil.
• Step 13
  Add drained and patted cucumber mixture.
• Step 14
  Heat for 5 min on low boil.
• Step 15
  Remove jars and lids from oven.
• Step 16
  Pack into sterilized jars.
• Step 17
  Process in canner according to directions. I process 10 min. in mine and it is standard according to Ball.
• Step 18
  Take out jars and quickly add lids and caps.
• Step 19
  Cool and store
• Step 20
  *This made for me 3 quarts and 7 pints. But everyone's is different and depends on number of cucumbers etc.
• Step 21
  This recipe is easiest in small batches. Enjoy
• Step 22
  If this is your first time canning I suggest you get a canning book by Ball. It is not very hard and you will enjoy your new found skill so very much! Make sure you have all utensils and everything ready and sterilized. Sterilization is of extreme importance, remember that and you will be just fine !
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