Homemade Apple Pie Filling to Can!
 
 
Fresh apple pie is amazing! Fresh tasting apple pie from pie filling you canned last fall? Even better!
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Recipe type: Desert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
  • 30 cups of sliced apples
  • 4 cups raw cane sugar
  • 1¼ cup ClearJel® or Arrow Root Powder (to thicken)
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 4 cups unsweetened apple juice
  • 2½ cups cold water
  • 1 cup lemon juice (from concentrate is fine)
Instructions
  1. Blanch apples for 1 minutes then remove from water and transfer into a pan that can be covered to keep the apples warm.
  2. Combine sugar, thickener, cinnamon and nutmeg together.
  3. Stir in apple juice, and water then bring to a boil, cooking until mixture thickens.
  4. Stir in lemon juice and continue cooking for another minute stirring constantly.
  5. Remove from heat and and fold the blanched apple slices into the mixture.
  6. Ladle the hot mixture into qt jars, being sure to leave a good 1" headspace.
  7. Clean the rim and apply lids and rings.
  8. Process in a hot water bath canner for 25 minutes.
Recipe by Hello Sensible at https://hellosensible.com/homemade-apple-pie-filling-can/