My Wonderful Bread And Butter Pickles Recipes

FAVORITE BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Place cucumbers, onions and peppers in a large bowl. In another large bowl, mix ice water and salt; pour over vegetables. Let stand 3 hours., Rinse vegetables and drain well. Pack vegetables into eleven hot 1-pint jars to within 1/2 in. of the top., In a Dutch oven, bring sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, celery seed, turmeric and cloves to a boil. Carefully ladle hot liquid over vegetable mixture, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot liquid. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large container, combine the cucumbers, onions and salt. Cover with crushed ice and mix well. Let stand for 3 hours. Drain; rinse and drain again., In a Dutch oven, combine the sugar, vinegar and seasonings; bring to a boil. Add cucumber mixture; return to a boil. Remove from the heat., Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES II

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together cucumbers, onions, green bell peppers, garlic and salt. Allow to stand approximately 3 hours.
• In a large saucepan, mix the cider vinegar, white sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, whole cloves and turmeric. Bring to a boil.
• Drain any liquid from the cucumber mixture. Stir the cucumber mixture into the boiling vinegar mixture. Remove from heat shortly before the combined mixtures return to boil.
• Transfer to sterile containers. Seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

YOUR CLASSIC BREAD-AND-BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Trim and discard the blossom ends of the cucumbers, then peel the onions and cut both into rounds about 1/4 inch thick. In a nonreactive bowl, toss them with the salt, then cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours. Drain well, rinse, drain again and then set the cucumbers and onions aside.
• In a nonreactive pot, combine all the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring once or twice to dissolve the brown sugar. Reduce the heat to low, simmer for 3 minutes and then pour the liquid over the cucumbers and onions. The cucumbers should be amply covered or slightly afloat.
• Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate. These pickles have good flavor as soon as they are cool, but the flavor will deepen if you let them sit for 24 hours. They will keep, covered and refrigerated, for a month or more.

MY WONDERFUL BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES!!!

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers thoroughly using a vegetable brush and drain on a rack.
• Slice unpeeled cucumbers into 1/8-1/4" thick slices. I use a food processor for this step.
• Add onions and garlic.
• Add salt and mix thoroughly.
• Cover with ice cubes, allow to sit for 3 hours.
• Drain thoroughly, remove garlic.
• Combine sugar, spices and vinegar.
• Heat just to a boil.
• Add cucumbers and onions and heat 5 minutes.
• Pack loosely into clean, pint jars. Adjust lids.
• Process in a boiling waterbath for 5 minutes.
• Start to count processing time as soon as the water returns to boiling.
• Times are approximate.

BREAD-AND-BUTTER PICKLES MY WAY

Steps:

• I recommend using a Cuisinart fitted with a slicing blade to make the preparation of the vegetables less tedious.
• In a very large container, combine sliced cucumbers and onions, and salt.
• Cover with a generous amount of ice cubes.
• Cover and let sit for approximately four hours.
• Drain well and remove any ice; lightly rinse with cold water and drain well again.
• In a large preserving kettle, combine sugar, vinegar and spices and bring to a boil.
• Add drained vegetables and bring back to a boil.
• Fill hot sterilized canning jars with mixture and seal.
• Please note that I have made this recipe for ages and I do not process them; I know that goes against the grain nowadays, but that's what I do; if you wish to process them, I would recommend a 10-minute boiling water bath.