Easy Sweet Refrigerator Pickle Recipe

4.46 from 11 ratings

Easy Sweet Refrigerator Pickle Recipe

These Sweet Refrigerator Pickles are crispy and crunchy like bread and butter pickles, and you won't believe how easy they are to make! Bread & Butter Pickles | Easy Refrigerator Pickles | Crispy Refrigerator Pickles

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Sweet Refrigerator Pickle

Servings: people

Calories: 171kcal

Author: Becca Ludlum

Equipment

Cutting Board
Kitchen Knife
12 oz. Mason Jars

Ingredients

7-10 cucumbers washed
1 cup white vinegar
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons celery seed

Instructions

Thinly slice the pickles, using a mandolin, knife, or any other tool you'd like. 7-10 cucumbers
Add the ingredients to a large container and stir it up a little. 1 cup white vinegar, 2 cups sugar, 2 tablespoons salt, 2 tablespoons celery seed
That's it. You're done. Seriously. You'll be tempted to add more liquid to them, but it's not necessary–they make their own. Just stir them up a few times in the next few hours.

Notes

Recipe Tips

We like to store our sweet pickles in a large mason jar that is glass, but if you're comfortable with using a BPA free plastic container you could also use that. You may also divide the ingredients between smaller mason jars.
The hardest part is the waiting. As the refrigerator pickles sit, they'll add more liquid to the container. Eventually they'll get soft (but the skins will stay crunchy!) and they will wilt a little, making room for you to add more sliced cucumbers.
I usually add more cucumbers about once a week to keep the container full. Your sweet refrigerator pickles will be ready to eat in a few hours, but will taste so much better after about 48 hours.
We have a container full of these sweet refrigerator pickles all summer long–from March to about October here in Arizona! I slice more cucumbers every week or so and add a little celery seed and sugar every 3-4 weeks. Even if you're not adding more and rotating through them, I think they'll be safe for a few months at least!
We don't recommend freezing the homemade pickles. Our sweet pickles recipe is best enjoyed in the refrigerator.
It's almost nearly impossible to only eat one sweet pickle at a time. We love bringing our refrigerator sweet pickles to BBQs to share with family and friends.

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