Bread and Butter Pickles

By draingal

Ingredients

• 4 quarts pickling cucumbers
• 1 1/2 cups onions, sliced
• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1/3 cup pickling salt
• 2 quarts chopped ice
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
• 1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
• 2 tbsp. mustard seed
• 3 cups white vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

In large bowl, add sliced cucumbers and onions, garlic cloves and pickling salt; mix well. Cover with chopped ice, place towel over, and let stand 3 hours. Prepare brine by combining sugar, turmeric, celery seed, mustard seed and vinegar in large pot; bring to a boil.
Drain water and ice from cucumber slices and remove garlic cloves. Add cucumbers to brine; simmer 5 minutes. Pack in sterile jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Allow to stand two weeks before opening.