Bread an Butter Pickles

Name: Bread an Butter Pickles
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 3 Pints
Ingredients: 2 lbs pickling cucumbers; 1 lb maui onion; 1 medium red bell pepper; 1/2 cup kosher salt; 5 cups water; 2 cups cider vinegar; 1/2 cup rice vinegar; 2 cups light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon turmeric; 1 pinch saffron; 10 whole cloves; 10 allspice berries; 2 bay leaves

Submitted by Potagekempcc

"These Bread and Butter Pickles are very simple to make and require little time. I do not can the pickles because I only make about 3 pints at a time."

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Ready In:: 3hrs 20mins
Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 3 Pints

ingredients

2 lbs pickling cucumbers
1 lb maui onion
1 medium red bell pepper
¹⁄₂ cup kosher salt
5 cups water
2 cups cider vinegar
¹⁄₂ cup rice vinegar
2 cups light brown sugar
3 tablespoons mustard seeds
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 pinch saffron
10 whole cloves
10 allspice berries
2 bay leaves

directions

Rinse cucumbers under cold water and trim the ends. Rinse red bell pepper under cold water, slice in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Peel Maui onions and set aside.
Use a Mandoline and slice cucumbers about 1/4 thick. Place cucumbers into a bowl. Slice Maui onion and red bellpepper about 1/4 inch thick and add to cucumbers.
Add Kosher salt and water to the cucumbers. Stir pickles, cover with plastic and let stand for 3 hours. Rinse the cucumbers, onions and bellpeppers under cold water.
In a large saucepan add vinegar, brown sugar, mustard seeds, tumeric, saffron, whole cloves, whole allspice berries, bay leaves and cucumbers. Bring cucumbers to a full boil and reduce to slow simmer for 15 minutes uncovered. Set pickles aside and let stand until they reach room temperature.
Place pickles into a containers and refrigate for several hours.

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Reviews

As much as I enjoy this kind of pickles I just had to try your recipe, & am so glad I did! Wonderful tasting, & it's always nice to be able to make something like this instead of going to the store to buy it! Already have a friend standing in the wings, hoping I'll gift her a jar of these pickles, & I just might, too! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed in New Kids on the Block tag]

Sydney Mike