Spicy bread and butter pickles

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Ingredients

10 minutes
Makes 4-5 pint jars
  1. 8-10nice sized cucumbers
  2. 2large onions
  3. 1full head of garlic
  4. 1/4 cupcanning salt
  5. 1 1/4 cupwhite vinegar (5% acidity)
  6. 1 cupapple cider vinegar
  7. 2 1/4 cupssugar
  8. 1 tablespoonmustard seed
  9. 1 tspcelery seed
  10. 1/2 tspturmeric
  11. 1/2 tablespooncrushed red pepper (leave out if you don't want spicy)

Cooking Instructions

10 minutes
  1. 1

    Slice the cucumbers, onions and peel the garlic.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    Refrigerate at least 3 hours.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    Drain and rinse the cucumbers, onions and garlic.

  7. 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. 8

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

  9. 9

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

  10. 10

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

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I retired in 2014 after a nursing career spanning 38 years. I have cooked/baked since age 8. Love cooking for family and friends.
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