Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles

Delightfully crisp, sweet, and tangy sliced cucumbers and onions pickled in a syrupy, spiced vinegar brine. No canning required—just a short chill and they're ready to enjoy!

Total time: 26 h 47 min • Active: 25 min • Inactive: 26 h 22 min

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Ingredients

680 g pickling cucumber
2 cup sweet onion
3 tbsp kosher salt
396 g sugar
106 g light brown sugar
240 ml apple cider vinegar
3 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp celery seeds
0.25 tsp ground turmeric
480 ml pickling cucumber

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Slice pickling cucumbers 1/4-inch thick and thinly slice sweet onion. Measure all other ingredients.

Combine sliced cucumbers and kosher salt in a large bowl, cover and chill for 90 minutes.

Combine granulated sugar, brown sugar, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and ground turmeric in a saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat while stirring until all sugar dissolves.

Rinse salted cucumber slices under cold water in a colander, drain well, and return to bowl.

Add sliced onions to rinsed cucumbers and toss together in bowl.

Pour the hot spiced vinegar syrup over cucumber and onion mixture in bowl. Allow to stand at room temperature for 1 hour.

Cover and refrigerate pickles in brine for 24 hours.

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Adapted from www.browneyedbaker.com