Bread And Butter Pickles - Canned

Total Time: 24 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 quarts cucumbers (small-large okay)
• 3 cups thinly sliced small onion
• 2 green bell peppers, diced
• 1 sweet red pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup pickling salt
• 4 cups sugar
• 4 cups vinegar
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1/4 teaspoon alum or 1/4 teaspoon pickling lime (optional)

Recipe

• 1 thinly slice cucumbers and combine with onions, peppers, and salt.
• 2 cover and let sit 12 hours or add 2 trays of ice cubes and let set 3 hours.
• 3 drain well.
• 4 combine sugar, vinegar, tumeric, mustard seed, celery seed in large saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 5 add veggies and return to full boil.
• 6 pack in hot sterilized jars, add 1/4 tsp alum if you like to keep crispier.
• 7 process in hot water bath for 10 minutes.
• 8 i dont use alum and i buy ball pickling lime which i soak the cucumbers in for 12-24 hours before proceeding with the recipe.
• 9 they are always crispier that way but bread and butter pickles are good soft too so dont worry about it if you prefer not to use lime or alum.