Sliced Sweet Pickles

On Monday I, along with a couple friends, started off the canning season. It was a fun, but oh so tiring day! However, these pickles are so worth the work. Another great recipe from my sister-in-law Christina. :)

Sliced Sweet Pickle

In each jar, put one clove of peeled garlic and one head of dill. Slice cucs and pack into jars. They will shrink when processed, so be sure to pack it tightly. Make one recipe of brine for each quart jar (or 2 pints).

• 1 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup vinegar
• 2/3 cup water
• 2 tsp pickling salt

Bring to a boil. Pour into jars, leaving an inch of headspace. Wipe rims of jars clean with a damp cloth. Place lid and screw ring on jar. Steam for 15 minutes in 3 inches of water. (I put a cookie sheet in the oven, fill about half way with water and set jars in for about 15 minutes @ 325).

White Buns

3 cups warm water

1/3 cup canola oil

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. salt

2 TBSP fast rising yeast

8 + cups of white flour

Mix oil, sugar, eggs, salt together, add the warm water and then add your yeast, continue mixing and slowly add flour until dough is only slighly sticky ( sometimes i find depending on brand as well as humidity i can add up to another 2 cups of flour). Place in a large bowl and let rise 35 min. in a warm oven or in the sunshine covered with lid or clean tea towel & plastic.

grease 4 baking sheets and then roll out dough cutting off aprox. a sm. handfull and rolling into a ball. Place 3 buns across and 4 down if making regular buns or pan buns 4 across and 6 down. when all the dough has been cut and rolled. cover with a clean tea towel and plastic bag, and let rise aprox an hour, this also depends on humidity sometimes i find they'll be ready 45 min after letting rise. Bake 350 for 10 -12 min. this will also depend on your oven.