Bread & Butter Pickles

I'm not a big fan of bread & butter pickles (love dill pickles), but I've been told these are delicious. I make them for my daughter Tonia, who happens to love them.

BREAD & BUTTER PICKLES (8-10 pints)

Ingredients:

*25 pickling cucumbers, thinly sliced

*6 onions, thinly sliced

*2 green peppers, diced

*3 garlic cloves, chopped

*1/2 cup pickling salt

*3 cups cider vinegar

*5 cups white sugar

*2 tablespoons mustard seed

*1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed

*1/2 teaspoons whole cloves

*1 tablespoon ground turmeric

Directions:

~In a large bowl, mix together cucumbers, oinons, green bell peppers, garlic and salt.

~Allow a stand approximately 3 hours.

~In a large saucepan, mix the cider vinegar, white sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, whole cloves and turmeric.

~Bring to a boil.

~Drain liquid from the cucumber mixture.

~Stir into the boiling vinegar mixture.

~Remove from heat shortly before the combined mixtures return to boil.

~Transfer to sterile canning jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.

~Make sure tops of jars are clean of any residue.

~Put on lids & rings.

~Boil in canning pot for 20 minutes.

~Remove and let stand for 24 hours.

~Store in cool place (fruit cellar).