Bread and Butter Pickle Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on December 2, 2005

This old recipe for bread and butter pickles is from a notebook my Grandma Ida (born in 1906) kept of her favorite recipes. This old recipe is probably from the 1930s or 1940s.

25 to 30 medium sized cucumbers
8 large white onions
2 large sweet peppers
1/2 cup salt
5 cups vinegar
5 cups sugar
2 tablespoons mustard seed
1 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon cloves

Wash cucumbers, and slice thin as possible. Chop onions and peppers. Combine with cucumbers and salt.

Let stand 3 hours and drain.

Combine vinegar, sugar, and spices in large preserving kettle. Bring to a boil. Add drained cucumbers. Heat thoroughly, but do not boil.

Pack while hot and seal at once.