Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 25 cucumbers, thinly sliced
• 6 onions, thinly sliced
• 2 green bell peppers, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 cup salt
• 3 cups cider vinegar
• 5 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons mustard seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1 tablespoon ground turmeric

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, mix together cucumbers, onions, green bell peppers, garlic and salt. allow to stand approximately 3 hours.
• 2 in a large saucepan, mix the cider vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, whole cloves and turmeric. bring to a boil.
• 3 drain liquid from the cucumber mixture, rinsing well to remove excess salt. stir the mixture into the boiling vinegar mixture. remove from heat shortly before the combined mixtures return to boil.
• 4 transfer to sterile containers. seal and chill in the refrigerator until serving. (yummy within hours!).