Bread And Butter Pickles(For Weight Watchers) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 gal. unpeeled cucumbers, sliced thin
8 small onions, sliced thin
2 large sweet peppers, sliced
1/2 c. coarse salt
5 c. vinegar (apple cider)
3 Tbsp. mustard seed
1 Tbsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. turmeric
artificial sweetener to equal 5 c. sugar (5 to 6 Tbsp. Sweet 'N Low)

Preparation

Cut cucumbers in paper-thin slices.
Let onion, peppers, cucumber and salt
stand
covered with ice water for 3 hours in large container;
drain.
Make
a syrup from sweetener, vinegar and spices.
When
sweetener is dissolved, add drained pickles. Bring to a
boil, but do not boil.
Pack in sterilized jars and process in
boiling
water
for
5 minutes.
Pickles taste best when chilled completely before serving.