steff's blue ribbon pickles

Name: Steff's Blue Ribbon Pickles
Ingredients: 12 - cucumbers; 3 - onions; 1 - green pepper; 1 - red pepper; 1/2 cup(s) kosher salt; 3 quart(s) ice water; 4 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 4 cup(s) vinegar; 2 tablespoon(s) mustard seed; 2 teaspoon(s) celery seed; 1 teaspoon(s) ground turmeric; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cloves

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Stephanie Kalina-Metzger

Camp Hill, PA

Updated on Dec 29, 2012

I found this recipe in a 1970's era "Spices of the World" cookbook and amended it throughout the years, cutting out alot of the sugar. Since then, I've entered them in contests and always walk away with a ribbon.

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Ingredients

12 - cucumbers
3 - onions
1 - green pepper
1 - red pepper
1/2 cup kosher salt
3 quarts ice water
4 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups vinegar
2 tablespoons mustard seed
2 teaspoons celery seed
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

How To Make steff's blue ribbon pickles

Step 1

Slice onions, cucumbers, red pepper and green pepper. Stir kosher salt into water, add ice cubes and soak vegetables in the ice-cold brine for at least three hours.

Step 2

Drain vegetables.
Step 3

Pack in canning jars.
Step 4

Combine remaining ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil for five minutes. Poor over canned vegetables. Process in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
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