Homemade Sweet Pickles

Make your own homemade sweet pickles.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup non-iodized salt
Ice water to cover (about 2 quarts)
3 lbs. sliced Kirby (pickling) cucumbers
1 lb. sliced white onions
3 cups apple cider vinegar
4 cups granulated sugar
2 tbsp. mustard seeds
1 tsp. turmeric
2 cups water

Directions:
First, make a brine by adding the
non-iodized salt to the ice water.
Then, chill the cucumbers and onions
in the brine for 1 hour.
In a large pan, heat the vinegar,
sugar, mustard seeds, turmeric
and water until boiling.
Add the cucumbers and the onions
and then cook for approximately 5 minutes,
or until pickles start to lose their color.
Remove from the heat and
let them cool in the liquid.
Refrigerate in any nonmetallic container.