Bread and Butter Pickle Recipe (2024)

Published December 26, 2019.This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

Skip the grocery store and learn how easy it is to jar up your own bread and butter pickles in under 90 minutes.

These are sweet, sour, and salty brined pickled cucumbers that are often cut into ridged chips and served on sandwiches. Try these out in my Southern Potato Salad or Southern Deviled Eggs.

Why Do they Call Them Bread and Butter Pickles?

Rumor has it they got their name during the great depression when people would make these sweet and sour pickles and serve them between buttered bread, hence the name bread and butter pickles.

What Are They Used For?

They can be eaten just like regular dill pickles and are fantastic on Burgers, Nachos, a regular lunch meat sandwich, or even a falafel sandwich. Its unique taste can really enhance the overall flavor of your food.

Can You Make Them With Regular Cucumbers?

Yes, you can absolutely use sliced cucumbers when making this, and here are the best pickles to use:

• Kerby
• Persian
• Boston Pickling Cucumber
• Bush Pickle

What’s the Difference Between These and Sweet Pickles

There is no difference between the two as they are the same but are simply called either bread and butter pickles or sweet pickles.

How to Make Bread and Butter Pickles

1. Add your sliced cucumbers to a jar.
2. Add the vinegar, sugar, onion, garlic, salt, mustard seeds, celery seed, turmeric, and cloves to a pot and bring to a boil or until the sugar and salt are dissolved.

3. Next, Pour the brine over the cucumbers in the jar and cool to room temperature.
4. Label and date the jars.

5. Keep cool in the refrigerator for 4-6 weeks.

How to Seal Them

Once the brine has been poured over the top of the cucumbers, you will immediately screw on the lid and place it into a pot of boiling water with a rack in it, and boil for 10 minutes. Simply cool it to room temperature and keep it for up to 1 year. Pickles do not freeze well, so we advise against it.

You will know it has been sealed correctly if the lid on the jar will not move when pressing in the center of it, and you will hear a pop while it is boiling.

Make-Ahead and Storage

Make-Ahead: You can make these bread and butter pickles up to 2 weeks ahead of time.

How to Store: Keep the lid on the jar and store in the refrigerator under 40° for 4-6 weeks. Pickles do not freeze well, so as a result, we advise against it.

More Pickling Recipes

• Pickled Beets
• Pickled Green Beans
• Pickled Cauliflower
• Pickled Red Onions
• Pickled Carrots

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