Blue Ribbon Bread and Butter Pickles
 
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The best Bread and Butter pickles I've ever eaten
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Recipe type: Vegetable
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6 to 7 pints
Ingredients
  • 6 pounds of pickling cucumbers
  • 1 pound of onions (1½ cups sliced)
  • 2 large, peeled garlic cloves
  • ⅓ cup pickling (canning) salt
  • 2 trays of ice cubes
  • 4 to 4½ cups sugar (I only use 4 cups)
  • 1½ tsp turmeric
  • 1½ tsp celery seed
  • 2 TBS mustard seed
  • 3 cups cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. Wash and slice cucumbers, peel and slice onions -- combine in a large non-metal bowl
  2. Add garlic cloves, canning salt, and mix
  3. Cover with ice cubes and let stand 2 to 3 hours
  4. Remove garlic, rinse well and drain
  5. In a large pot combine sugar, turmeric, celery seed, mustard seed, and vinegar
  6. Stir and add drained cucumbers and onions
  7. Heat for 5 minutes
  8. To can, pack hot pickles in hot sterilized jars, leaving ½ inch headspace. Adjust jar lids. Process in a boiling-water bath for 10 minutes for pints or quarts.
  9. **Alternate Instructions for refrigerator pickles
  10. In a large saucepan mix the sugar, vinegar, turmeric, celery seed, and mustard seed. Bring pickling liquid to a boil, making sure the sugar and salt have dissolved.
  11. Layer sliced cucumbers and onions in an alternating pattern in your canning jar til the top. Ladle in the pickling liquid til the cucumbers and onions are covered. Wipe the rim of your jar, place the lid on top, and secure it with a metal screw band. Pickles will be ready to eat after a week. Store pickles in a refrigerator for up to 1 year.
Recipe by Farm Girl Cook'n at https://farmgirlcookn.com/state-fair-blue-ribbon-bread-and-butter-pickles/