Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Pickling liquid
2 cups white vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar
For each quart jar add
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 teaspoon whole mixed pickling spice
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
1 onion, thinly sliced

Preparation

Pour sugar and vinegar in a small sauce pan. Stir over medium heat just until sugar is dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
Put salt and spices in a quart jar.
Fill jar with layers of cucumber slices and onion to within 1/2\" of the rim.
Pour brine over everything leaving 1/2\" of head space.
Seal and refrigerate for at least 3 days.
These will keep for up to 6 months in the refrigerator.