Best Classic Bread And Butter Pickles Recipes

CLASSIC CRISP BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Combine cucumber and onion slices in a large bowl, layering with salt: cover with ice cubes. Let stand 11/2 hours. Drain; rinse; drain again.
• Combine remaining ingredients except Pickle Crisp in a large saucepot; bring to a boil. Add drained cucumbers and onions and return to a boil.
• Pack hot pickles and liquid into hot jars, 1/2-inch headspace. Add rounded 1/8 tsp Pickle Crisp® Granules to each jar. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps.
• Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner, adjusting for altitude.

YOUR CLASSIC BREAD-AND-BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Trim and discard the blossom ends of the cucumbers, then peel the onions and cut both into rounds about 1/4 inch thick. In a nonreactive bowl, toss them with the salt, then cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours. Drain well, rinse, drain again and then set the cucumbers and onions aside.
• In a nonreactive pot, combine all the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring once or twice to dissolve the brown sugar. Reduce the heat to low, simmer for 3 minutes and then pour the liquid over the cucumbers and onions. The cucumbers should be amply covered or slightly afloat.
• Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate. These pickles have good flavor as soon as they are cool, but the flavor will deepen if you let them sit for 24 hours. They will keep, covered and refrigerated, for a month or more.

CLASSIC BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss cucumbers, onions, and salt.
• Transfer mixture to a large colander, alternating layers with crushed ice, finishing with ice on top.
• Weight with a heavy plate and chill overnight, up to 24 hours.
• Meanwhile, in a large nonreactive saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and ginger; bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cool, cover, and refrigerate until cucumber mixture is ready.
• Remove any unmelted ice from cucumbers and transfer to a nonreactive Dutch oven.
• Strain liquid through a sieve, lined with cheesecloth, over cucumbers.
• Heat cucumbers to a low boil, stirring occasionally; remove from heat.
• Spoon cucumbers into sterilized pint sized canning jars.
• Pour syrup over cucumbers to cover, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Wipe jar rims with a damp cloth, put on lids and bands.
• Invert jars, until cooled, to seal; store in refrigerator.