Cucumber Sandwich Pickles

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Woman's Day magazine

Categories: pickles-

Ingredients

  • 6 cups sliced medium cucumbers (1/4-inch slices)
  • 1/2 cup pickling salt
  • 2 quarts water
  • 5 cups vinegar (5% acidity), divided
  • 4 cups water, divided
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. celery seeds
  • 1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric

Directions

  1. Place cucumbers in a large Dutch oven; sprinkle with salt, and add 2 quarts water. Cover and let stand 2 to 3 hours. Drain cucumbers well.
  2. Combine 3 cups vinegar and 3 cups water in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Add cucumbers, and simmer about 8 minutes. (Do not allow cucumbers to become soft.) Drain well.
  3. Combine 2 cups vinegar and 1 cup water in a large Dutch oven; add remaining ingredients except cucumbers. Simmer 10 minutes; add cucumbers, and bring to a boil.
  4. Pack cucumbers into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Cover at once with metal lids, and screw bands tight. Process in boiling-water bath for 10 minutes.

  5. makes about 3 pints

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