Recipe For Bread & Butter Pickles. Mama would make a big batch of them each year enough to last us through the cold Winter months and back into Spring when fresh cucumbers would become available again. Alton Browns bread butter pickles are sweet sour spiced with mustard seed and turmeric.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate stirring occasionally 2 to 4 hours. Combine the vinegar sugar and pickle mix and stir well. Cover the salted cucumber slices with 2-inches of crushed or cubed ice.
Prepare the brine in a medium saucepan.
Cover and cook until cukes turn a dullish olive-brown about 5 minutes. Rinse cucumber mixture in a colander under cold water until all salt is washed away 3. In a large saucepan over low heat combine sugar and vinegar and stir just until the sugar is dissolved. Cover the salted cucumber slices with 2-inches of crushed or cubed ice.