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 recipe was from Mrs. Povick who lived at the end of my grandma’s street. This old recipe is probably from the 1940s or 1950s.

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.