aunt rose's refrigerator pickles

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 3 long pickling cucumbers, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 sweet onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 teaspoons celery seed
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 5 half pint canning jars with lids and rings

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 20 mins


• place cucumber slices, red bell pepper, and onion into a large bowl. mix in salt and celery seed and let the vegetable stand at room temperature for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. mix sugar and vinegar in a bowl, stirring until the sugar dissolves, and pour the mixture into the vegetables. stir again.
• spoon the pickles into the canning jars and pour any excess liquid over the pickles. cover the jars with lids and rings. refrigerate at least 24 hours; pickles will keep in refrigerator for 3 weeks.