Bread and Butter Pickle Recipe 

 Prepare

Ingredients

• 4 pounds pickling  cucumbers,  
• 2 pounds onions
• 1/3 cup canning salt
• 3 cups vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 T mustard seed
• 2 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp celery seed
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp peppercorns

Start by preparing jars,and get water in your canner heating.  
(see Water Bath Canning for full directions)

Procedure

Wash cucumbers.  Thinly slice both cucumbers and onions.

I like to use my pampered chef crinkle cutter for making crinkle slices.  

I also have a mandolin slicer that I used this time.  It is great for making thin even slices.  It comes with a straight edge too but for this purpose I like the crinkly cuts.  

Combine layers of cucumber onion and salt to a large bowl.  Cover with Ice cubes and let sit for 1 - 2 hours.

Place vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, turmeric, celery seed, ginger and  peppercorns in a large pot and bring to a boil.  

Drain and rinse cucumber and onion.  Add to vinegar mixture and return to a boil.  

Pack into hot jars.  leaving 1/4 inch head space.  


Remove air bubbles and pack and process according to water bath canning instructions. 

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