Spicy Bread and Butter Pickles Recipe
Spicy, sweet, and extra crunchy pickles! A Wickles Pickle copycat from scratch.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Pickles, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bread, butter, pickles, spicy, sweet
Servings: 40
Calories: 54kcal
Author: Don't Sweat The Recipe
- 2 pounds mini cucumbers
- 1 medium white onion, halved and thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
- 3 tbsp pickling salt heaping tablespoons
- 2 cups ice cubes or more
- 3 cups cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon whole mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon black tea leaves divided
- 8 garlic cloves, peeled
- 16 dried red chili peppers*
To draw out excess liquid and increase crunch, toss cucumbers with salt in a large bowl.
Add ice, fill with cold water and refrigerate overnight. Drain. Rinse well, and drain again.
In a medium saucepan add the onion, vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, peppercorns, turmeric, garlic, and red chili peppers bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat. Set aside while preparing the jars.
Add the cucumbers to the pickling liquid.
Place 1/4 teaspoon of black tea leaves in each canning jar. Fill 4-pint jars with cucumbers, onion, garlic, and peppers packed tightly. (Adding 2 garlic cloves and 4 peppers to each jar.)
Ladle the pickling brine into each jar, leaving about 1/2 inch below the jar's neck. Wipe rims of jars with a clean, damp cloth; cover tightly lids and screw tops.
Refrigerate jars immediately.
Serve in 7 days.
(use within 3-4 weeks)
Adjust the amount of spice to your taste. We wanted them to be really spicy like Wickles Pickles. Yield: Approximately 4 pints.
Nutrition information is based on serving size of 10 servings per 1 pint.
Calories: 54kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 526mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 69IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg