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Crisp Bread & Butter Pickles

Here's how you make Crisp Bread & Butter Pickles
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 3 1/2h
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 6 pounds cucumbers, sliced (medium sized cucumbers (4 quarts)
  • 6 medium yellow onions, sliced
  • 2 green bell peppers, diced
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced
  • 3 whole garlic cloves (remove before jarring)
  • 1/4 cup pickling salt
  • FOR BRINE
  • 5 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 cups vinegar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed
  • 3 tablespoons mustard seed
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Into food grade container:

  • Step 2: Slice cucumbers into 1/8-1/4 inch slices, add thinly sliced onions and diced peppers.

  • Step 3: Add three whole cloves garlic (to be removed before jarring).

  • Step 4: Sprinkle with salt, mix, allow to sit for three hours.

  • Step 5: Drain throughly (I use a plastic colander) remove garlic cloves.

  • Step 6: Brine,in large pot combine vinegar sugar spices,stir to dissolve, heat to a boil.

  • Step 7: Add cucumbers, onions and peppers bring back to a boil and heat five minutes.

  • Step 8: Pack into sterilized jars (I use pints)cover with hot brine and seal.

  • Step 9: To Process- adjust lids,place in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes counting process time as soon as the water returns to a boil.

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