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Salt the Vegetables
Combine the sliced cucumbers, onions, and diced bell peppers with pickling salt, cover them with cold water, and let them stand for 2 hours.
Cucumber Pickles
These old-fashioned cucumber pickles turn golden in their warmly spiced, sweet-and-sour brine. A crisp slice brings a lively snap to the side of a sandwich.
Prep1 hrCook1 hrTotalAbout 16–28 hours including coolingDifficultyMedium
Ingredients
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Sweet Pickles
Instructions
- 10 cups pickling cucumbers, 4 medium onions, 1 green bell pepper, 1 red bell pepper
- 10 cups prepared cucumbers, 4 medium onions, 1 green bell pepper, 1 red bell pepper, ½ cup pickling or canning salt
- 3 cups apple cider vinegar, 2 cups packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons mustard seed, 1 teaspoon celery seed, 1 teaspoon ground turmeric, 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 10 cups prepared cucumbers, 4 medium onions, 1 green bell pepper, 1 red bell pepper
- Process pint jars for: 10 minutes at 0 to 1,000 feet 15 minutes at 1,001 to 3,000 feet 20 minutes at 3,001 to 6,000 feet 25 minutes at 6,001 to 8,000 feet 30 minutes at 8,001 to 10,000 feet Maintain a full rolling boil throughout the entire processing time. If the water stops boiling, return it to a full boil and restart the processing time from the beginning.
Nutrition (Approximate Per Serving)
Yield
About 5 pint jars — Serving size: About ¼ cup
- Calories
- 55
- Carbohydrates
- 12.5 g
- Protein
- 0.5 g
- Fat
- 0.2 g
- Saturated Fat
- 0 g
- Cholesterol
- 0 mg
- Sodium
- 140 mg
- Fiber
- 0.5 g
- Total Sugars
- 11 g
