Sweet Hot Pickles
- Ready In:
- 50hrs
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
6-8 pints
- Serves:
- 6-8
ingredients
- 7 lbs washed and sliced cucumbers
- 1 3⁄4 cups pickling lime
- 3 tablespoons pickling spices
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 9 cups white vinegar
- 8 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons turmeric
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons salt
- 6 -8 habanero peppers
directions
- Place sliced cucumbers in 1 gallon cold water and mix in 1 3/4 cups pickling lime. Refrigerate overnight. Next day, rinse 3-4 times until water is clear. Soak 3-4 hours in ice water then drain.
- Using 3-4 layers of cheesecloth, make a spice bag with the pickling spice and celery seed, tie bag well.
- Bring the vinegar, sugar, turmeric, spice bag and salt to a boil. Add cucumber slices and boil 30-40 minutes until cucumbers are mostly clear. Remove spice bag.
- Pack cucumbers and syrup into hot, sterilized jars. If using peppers, add 1 pepper to each jar. Adjust lids and bands. Put into enough boiling water to cover jars and boil for 15 minutes. Make sure jars seal.
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