Bread and Butter Refrigerator Pickles
Refrigerator Pickles are so simple! No need to buy pickles anymore, it takes very little to make your own. Place them in your refrigerator for 24 hours and their done!
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 medium-sized cucumbers unpeeled
- 1 medium onion peeled and sliced can cut in pieces
- 4 cups white vinegar could use apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups white granulated sugar
- 4 teaspoons sea salt or kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons mustard seed
- 2 teaspoons celery seed
- 1 teaspoons dried dill weed
- 3 teaspoons turmeric
Instructions
- Rinse the whole cucumber and dry on paper towels. Peel and slice onions. Slice cucumber into round pieces.
- Fill clean quart jars to within one inch of rims with cucumber and onion slices. In a pan on top of the stove, combine vinegar, sugar, and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer five minutes.
- Remove from the stove and let cool to warm.
- Pour over slices in jars, leaving at least an inch at the top.
- Refrigerate for at least 24 hours before eating.
- Makes 2 quarts. Keeps approximately 4 weeks in the fridge.
Notes
Can add a garlic clove to each jar. Remember, turmeric can stain your clothes, hands, and anything white if it gets on you. Once it is used in the recipe, it will no longer stain.
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