Bread and Butter Pickles

Bread and Butter Pickles

4 quarts pickling cucumbers 1 1/2 cups onions, sliced
2 large garlic cloves 1/3 cup pickling salt 2 quarts chopped ice 4 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teasp. turmeric
1 1/2 teasp. celery seed 2 tabls. mustard seed
3 cups white vinegar
In large bowl, add sliced cucumbers and onions, garlic cloves and pickling salt; mix well. Cover with chopped ice, place towel over, and let stand 3 hours. Prepare brine by combining sugar, turmeric, celery seed, mustard seed and vinegar in large pot; bring to a boil. Drain water and ice from cucumber slices and remove garlic cloves. Add cucumbers to brine; simmer 5 minutes. Pack in sterile jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Seal. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Allow to stand two weeks before opening.