Apple pie filling
Apple pie filling recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- Apples, enough to fill 7, 1 quart, jars, peeled and sliced
- 4 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 cups water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Recipe method:
- Mix sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.
- Add water, then cook until thick.
- Add lemon juice.
- Pour cooked mixture over the apples in the jars.
- Seal and process in hot water bath for 20 minutes.
- To make pie:
- Add 1/2 cup sugar, if desired, to 1 quart of apple pie filling.
- Place in unbaked pie shell, cover with top crust, then bake as usual.
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