Bab's Bread and Butter Pickles

Try these tangy-sweet bread-and-butter pickles on a tuna sandwich or chopped in a tartar sauce for fish fillets. Serve these at your next BBQ and then send your family and friends home with a jar as a great hostess gift! This can also be made with cider vinegar.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 28 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon pickling spice
• 3 cups distilled white vinegar
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 teaspoons sea salt
• 6 (1 pint) canning jars with lids and rings
• 9 cups 1/4-inch thick cucumber slices

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Divide cucumber slices among canning jars. Add 1/2 teaspoon pickling spice and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric to each jar.

Step 2

Stir vinegar, water, sugar, and sea salt together in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook and stir until the sugar and salt dissolve; cook at a boil for 2 minutes.

Step 3

Carefully fill jars with brine to within 1/2 inch of the rim, covering the cucumbers completely. Discard any leftover brine.

Step 4

Place the lids on the jars. Refrigerate at least 24 hours before serving. Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.