Spicy bread and butter pickles

Name: Spicy bread and butter pickles
Total time: 600 s
Yield: Makes 4-5 pint jars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8-10 nice sized cucumbers; 2 large onions; 1 full head of garlic; 1/4 cup canning salt; 1 1/4 cup white vinegar (5% acidity); 1 cup apple cider vinegar; 2 1/4 cups sugar; 1 tablespoon mustard seed; 1 tsp celery seed; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tablespoon crushed red pepper (leave out if you don't want spicy)

cindybear @cindybearcooks

Spicy bread and butter pickles

cindybear @cindybearcooks

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Ingredients

10 minutes

Makes 4-5 pint jars

8-10nice sized cucumbers
2large onions
1full head of garlic
1/4 cupcanning salt
1 1/4 cupwhite vinegar (5% acidity)
1 cupapple cider vinegar
2 1/4 cupssugar
1 tablespoonmustard seed
1 tspcelery seed
1/2 tspturmeric
1/2 tablespooncrushed red pepper (leave out if you don't want spicy)

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Slice the cucumbers, onions and peel the garlic.
2

In a large bowl place the cucumbers, onions and garlic.
3

Sprinkle canning salt over them. Add ice cubes and water to bowl to cover the cucumbers.
4

Refrigerate at least 3 hours.
5

As it gets close to the end of the 3 hour soak, get canning jars and water bath canner ready for use.
6

Drain and rinse the cucumbers, onions and garlic.
7

Make a brine out of the vinegar, cider vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, crushed red pepper and turmeric. Bring to a boil in a large pot.
8

Put the cucumbers, onions and garlic in the pot with the brine and bring back to a boil. Boil for 90 seconds.
9

Ladle brine and cucumber mixture into prepare jars. Place lid on jars.
10

Process in a water bath for 10 minutes. 20 minutes if using quart jars.