Homemade Bread and Butter Pickles
This delicious and easy recipe for bread and butter pickles is a perfect introduction to homemade pickles. They're vegan and gluten-free naturally, perfect to go with BBQ or on burgers, or just by themselves.
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Servings: 3 pint jars
Calories: 46kcal
Ingredients
- 5-6 firm pickling cucumbers
- 1 cup sweet onion yellow or vidalia, thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic smashed
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 3 cups ice
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 3/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pickling spices
- pinch turmeric
Instructions
- Wash and slice cucumbers into quarter inch rounds. Slice a cup of sweet onion as thinly as possible and smash your garlic cloves.
- Add cucumbers, garlic, and onion to a large bowl with salt and toss to mix. Cover with ice and let sit for 2-3 hours on the counter. Rinse the cucumbers and remove the ice, but keep the onions and garlic with the cucumbers. Let drain.5-6 firm pickling cucumbers, 1 cup sweet onion, 3 cloves garlic, 4 teaspoons salt, 3 cups ice
- To make the brine, add ciders to a saucepan with the sugar, pickling spices, and turmeric. Bring to a bare boil then turn down and cook for a minute. Remove from the heat and let cool.1 cup white vinegar, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon pickling spices, pinch turmeric, 3/4 cup cider vinegar
- Add drained cucumbers and onions to three pint size mason jars. Pack them in tightly.
- Pour the slightly cooled bring over cucumbers to the top of each jar. Seal the jars and let them sit for an hour to cool, then pop them in the fridge.
- Let them chill in the fridge for 24-48 hours.
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Notes
- Alternatively, you can process your pickles in a water bath for 10 minutes and preserve them. Mine last only a week or two in the fridge before we eat them all, so I never bother adding that step! The pickles stay good in the fridge without processing for at least two weeks. This recipe doubles and triples easily, too!
- For more tips and tricks, be sure to read the full article above.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 46kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Sodium: 445mg | Sugar: 10g
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