Bread and Butter Pickles – Uncle Michael’s favorite
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INGREDIENTS
  • 25-30 medium-sized cucumbers
  • 8 large, sweet peppers
  • ½ cup salt
  • 5 cups cider vinegar
  • 5 cups sugar (or 2 ½ lbs)
  • 2 tbsp mustard seed
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • ½ tsp cloves
DIRECTIONS
  1. Wash cucumbers and slice thin.
  3. Chop onions and peppers, combine with cucumbers and salt. Let stand 3 hours and then drain.
  5. Combine vinegar, sugar, and spices in large preserving kettle and bring to boil, add drained cucumber, heat thoroughly but do not boil.
  7. Pack while hot into sterilized jars and seal.