Freezer Pickles

Ingredients

• 8 cups (2 L) thinly sliced English cucumbers
• 2 cups (500 mL) thinly sliced onions
• 2 tbsp (25 mL) salt
• 2 cups (500 mL) sugar
• 1 cup (250 mL) pure white vinegar
• 1/3 cup (75 mL) water
• 1 tbsp (15 mL) mustard seed

Directions

1. Combine cucumbers, onions and salt in a bowl; set aside. To prepare pickling liquid, combine sugar, vinegar, water and mustard seed in a nonreactive saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Pour hot pickling liquid over cucumber mixture and stir until combined. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Spoon cucumber mixture into freezer containers and freeze for up to 6 weeks. Thaw pickles in refrigerator. Thawed pickles may be refrigerated for up to 1 week.