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Bread and Butter Pickles - Grandma Hardy
  • Prep
    20m
  • Cook
    30m
  • Wait
    5h
  • Total
    5h 50m
Category: Appetizers

Ingredients

For 1 Batch(es)

Recipe

16 cup(s) thinly sliced cucumbers
8 medium onions, thinly sliced
½ cup(s) pickling salt
5 cup(s) sugar
2 tablespoon(s) mustard seed
2 teaspoon(s) tumeric
1 teaspoon(s) celery seed
5 cup(s) cider vinegar

Bread and Butter Pickles - Grandma Hardy Directions

  1. Mix the cucumbers and onions with the salt and 2 quarts of cracked ice and let them stand, covered with a weighted lid for 2 hours.
  2. Drain thoroughly and put the vegetables in a large kettle. Add the sugar, spices and vinegar and bring almost to a boil, stirring often with a wooden spoon, but do not boil.
  3. Pack the pickles into sterilized jars and seal
  4. Makes about 4 quarts