Bread n Butter pickle time

[Elbert Chamblee]

.Bread & Butter Pickles

2 lbs cucumbers, cut into slices
2 small (or 1 large) sweet onion, sliced(vidailia)
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 1/2 - 3 cups sugar (to taste)
2 1/2 cups white vinegar
4 - 6 pint jars with lids and rings
1/8 tsp Ball Pickle Crisp per jar

Pickling Spice Mix
1/2 tsp. ground turmeric
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. mustard seed
3/4 tsp whole allspice (I had to use ground)
2 tsp. minced onions
1 tsp salt
1/8-1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp. pickle spice

Add hot water to jars to temper. Place lids in small pan with simmering water.

Mix sugar, vinegar, spice mix and salt in large pan. Add Pickle Crisp to liquid. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Simmer about 5 minutes.

Add cucumber, onions, and garlic to liquid. Heat on high; remove from heat when liquid starts to boil.

Pour hot water out of jars. Add cucumbers, onions and garlic to jars with slotted spoon. Pour liquid over pickles until jars are filled. Wipe any liquid or spices from jar opening with wet cloth, so lids will seal. Add lids and screw rings on tightly. Listen for each lid to pop!
I don't keep past 6 months or it is all gone in 6 months. Give some away and eat all i can. I gave my sister-in-law a quart of these and 2 hrs later i get a text and there is 2 pcs of pickle left. I made her a 1/2 gallon jar this time. lol