Homemade Bread Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qt. sliced cucumbers
2 bell peppers, chopped in chunks
3 buds garlic
1/2 c. salt (no iodized)
5 c. sugar
3 c. red vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
2 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 tsp. alum

Preparation

Put cucumbers, bell peppers, garlic and salt in ice water and let soak for 3 hours; drain and cool pack in jars.
Mix remaining ingredients to a good hot boil.
Pour over cucumbers; seal jars. Have a pot of warm water.
Sit jars in hot bath.
Let cook for a full 5 minutes or let water come to a boil, then turn off and let sit for 5 minutes.