Bread and Butter Pickles

Name: Bread and Butter Pickles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8 pint jars
Ingredients: 1 gal medium sized cucumbers; 8 small white onions; 1 green pepper; 1 sweet red pepper; 1/2 c coarse salt; cracked ice; 5 c sugar; 1 1/2 tsp turmeric, ground; 1/2 tsp ground cloves; 2 Tbsp mustard seed; 2 tsp celery seed; 5 c vinegar

By mary Armstrong
@emit1961

I like to use red peppers in the jars as it makes for a very pretty jar.

You may want to taste after draining and rinse some salt away if it is too salty for your taste.

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Serves:

8 pint jars

Prep:

45 Min

Cook:

45 Min

Ingredients

1 gal

medium sized cucumbers
8 small

white onions
1

green pepper
1

sweet red pepper
1/2 c

coarse salt
·

cracked ice
5 c

sugar
1 1/2 tsp

turmeric, ground
1/2 tsp

ground cloves
2 Tbsp

mustard seed
2 tsp

celery seed
5 c

vinegar
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How to Make Bread and Butter Pickles

Step-by-Step

Slice the cucumbers thin, after washed and dried.
Add the onions and peppers cut in narrow strips. Add the salt. Cover with cracked ice, mix thoroughly and let stand 3 hours. Then drain.

Taste after finished draining. You may want to rinse if too salty at this point.
Combine the remaining ingredients, bring to a boil and stir well. Pour over cucumber mixture. Seal in sterilzied jars.

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