Bread and Butter Pickles are our favorite type of pickles to enjoy. They’re so versatile! You can slap them onto your favorite sandwich, toss them into a salad, or just pull them right out of the jar and enjoy them as a tasty snack. You can make them the traditional way or spice them up with some garlic and hot pepper. YUM!
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Every year I harvest about 25 cucumbers from our garden and enjoy making our own homemade pickles. They’re really easy-to-make and a great starting point for those who are new to home canning. Here’s the recipe that I like to use. It can be found in the Ball Home Canning Book. You can find over 50+ Home Canning Recipes right here on the TwoClassyChics blog.
Traditional Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
10 cups sliced pickling cucumbers
4 medium onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup pickling or canning salt
3 cups white vinegar
2 cups granulated sugar
2 Tbsp. mustard seeds
1 tsp. celery seeds
1 tsp. ground turmeric
Note: I like to toss in about 2 teaspoons of whole peppercorns into the mixture too. That’s my own variation.
In a large glass bowl combine together the cucumber slices, onion slices, and canning salt. Mix well. Cover with cold water and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours. Transfer to a colander placed over a sink, rinse with cool running water and drain thoroughly.
Prepare canner, jar, and lids.
In a large saucepan, combine the white vinegar, granulated sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and ground turmeric. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Stir in vegetables and return to a boil.
Pack vegetables into hot jars within 1/2″ from the top. Ladle hot pickling liquid into jar to cover vegetables, leaving a 1/2″ headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace if necessary by adding hot pickling liquid. Wipe rim clean with a clean cloth. Center lid on jar. Screw band down until finger-tip tight.
Place jars in canner, making sure they’re completely covered with water. Bring to a boil and process for 10 minutes. Remove canner lid. Wait 5 minutes, then remove jars, cool and store.
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I too have never made pickles. I do want to start canning .
Bread and Butter Pickles are my favorite. I’ll give this a try.
These are some of the pickles my mother used to make. I want to know the difference between canning cucumbers and regular cucumbers?
I never made homemade pickles before, but would love to try it. This recipe is terrific. I think my family would enjoy eating these also.