Best Bread And Butter Pickles Cukes Or Summer Squash Recipes

BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• In a large container, combine the cucumbers, onions and salt. Cover with crushed ice and mix well. Let stand for 3 hours. Drain; rinse and drain again., In a Dutch oven, combine the sugar, vinegar and seasonings; bring to a boil. Add cucumber mixture; return to a boil. Remove from the heat., Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

BREAD AND BUTTER YELLOW SQUASH

Steps:

• Combine squash and onion slices in a large enamel pot. If you want to make it extra pretty use a mandoline to slice them. Sprinkle with the salt. Stir to mix. Let stand 1 hour.
• Add water to a water bath canner and allow it to come to a boil while you complete the next steps. Also, get a small pan of water boiling on the stove and toss your jar lids in to sterilize them.
• Add the bell pepper, vinegar, sugar, celery seeds and mustard seeds to the squash and stir to mix. Bring to a boil and then fill sterilized pint jars with squash mixture. Remove any air bubbles, wipe jar rims. Remove lid from hot water and place on jar. Screw on the ring just until tight. You don't want to use Herculean strength here. Just like you would place the top back on the mayo jar.
• Place hot filled jars in rack and into the boiling water. NEVER add cold jars to hot water. They will explode and shatter.
• When water returns to a boil with jars in it, process for 5 minutes, or 10 minutes for altitudes of 1,001 feet to 6,000 feet. Over 6,000 feet, process for 15 minutes.
• When time is up remove jars with a jar lifter and place on counter to cool and finish sealing. Refrigerate any jars that do not seal.

BREAD AND BUTTER SQUASH PICKLES

Steps:

• Combine cukes, squash, onions& peppers and sprinkle with about 3 Tbls. of salt.
• Let set for 1 hour and then drain.
• Mix other ingredients and bring to a hard boil
• Add vegetables and bring to boil again.
• Fill jars & put in water bath for 10 minutes.

SUMMER SQUASH BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Toss together yellow squash, zucchini, and onions with 1/4 cup canning salt and crushed ice in a large bowl. Press a plate directly onto vegetables and place a 5-pound weight on top (a bag of sugar in a sealed plastic bag works well). Let stand at room temperature 4 hours.
• Sterilize jars and lids .
• Bring vinegar, syrup, water, mustard seeds, allspice, celery seeds, and remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons canning salt to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
• Cut a lengthwise slit in each chile (don't cut all the way through), then add chiles to pickling liquid and continue to simmer 1 minute.
• Drain jars upside down on a clean kitchen towel 1 minute, then invert.
• Drain vegetables in a colander set over a bowl to catch liquid, then pack into jars, tucking a chile pepper into side of each jar. Fill jars with pickling liquid, leaving 1/4 inch of space at top, then run a thin knife between vegetables and jar to eliminate air bubbles.
• Seal, process, and store filled jars , boiling pickles in jars 20 minutes.
• Let pickles stand in jars at least 1 week for flavors to develop.

CHEF JOHN'S BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Combine cucumbers, onion, and peppers in a bowl; pour kosher salt over the top and stir to coat completely. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, 2 to 4 hours. Rinse cucumber mixture in a colander under cold water until all salt is washed away, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain.
• Stir vinegar, sugar, water, garlic, mustard seed, celery seed, peppercorns, turmeric, and ground cloves together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer and cook until brine flavors combine, about 2 minutes. Add cucumber mixture to brine; heat until almost boiling, remove from heat, and cool completely. Transfer to jars and store in the refrigerator.

DEB'S BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Stir 2 quarts water and salt in a large pot until salt is dissolved. Submerge cucumbers in the water. Add ice to the water to keep cold. Let cucumbers soak for 2 hours.
• Drain salt water from pot. Rinse and drain cucumber slices twice.
• Stir sugar, 4 cups water, apple cider vinegar, turmeric, mustard seed, and celery seed together in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; add cucumber slices. Simmer until the cucumbers are completely hot, but do not bring to a boil, about 10 minutes.
• Sterilize canning jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. Pack the cucumbers into the hot, sterilized jars, filling the jars to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids, and screw on rings.
• Let cucumbers pickle 2 weeks before eating, shaking each jar once daily.

SUMMER SQUASH PICKLE

Steps:

• Cut onion slices in half and peppers into 1/4 inch by 1 inch strips.
• Combine squash, onions and peppers and sprinkle with salt, cover with water and let stand 2 hours.
• Drain, rinse, drain well.
• Combine vinegar, sugar, and remaining ingredients in a large pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 min.
• Add veg and return to a boil-remove from heat immediately.
• Quickly ladle veg and liquid into clean hot jars.
• Leave 1/2 inch head space.
• Seal.
• Process 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.

BREAD-AND-BUTTER PICKLES (CUKES OR SUMMER SQUASH)

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers or squash. Cut 1/16-inch off blossom end and discard. Cut into 3/16-inch slices. Combine cucumbers and onions in a large bowl. Add salt. Cover with 2 inches crushed or cubed ice. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours, adding more ice as needed.
• Combine remaining ingredients in a large pot. Boil 10 minutes. Drain and add cucumbers and onions and slowly reheat to boiling.
• Fill pint jars with slices and cooking syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process 10 minutes for under 1000 foot elevation, 15 minutes for 1000 to 6000 foot elevation & 20 minutes for over 6000 foot elevation or use low-temperature pasteurization treatment referenced in recipe description.
• Variation for firmer pickles:
• Wash cucumbers. Cut 1/1 6-inch off blossom end and discard. Cut into 3/16-inch slices. Mix 1 cup pickling lime and 1/2 cup salt to 1 gallon water in a 2- to 3-gallon crock or enamelware container. Avoid inhaling lime dust while mixing the lime-water solution.
• Soak cucumber slices in lime water for 12 to 24 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove from lime solution, rinse, and resoak 1 hour in fresh cold water. Repeat the rinsing and soaking steps two more times. Handle carefully, as slices will be brittle. Drain well.
• Procede as with step #2 above.