CANNING APPLE PIE FILLING
When you have an apple tree in your yard, you end up doing a lot of canning. This year I have pretty much stuck with applesauce and apple pie filling with the majority being pie filling. I am not a big fan of apple pies but I do love apples with sauce on my pancakes and waffles. It would also be great on biscuits or french toast.
It is also great to make my quick cobblers. You can find the recipe HERE.
UPDATE: I tried using the same recipe I used for my Peach Pie Filling since it was beyond amazing. I tweaked it a little to suit my taste and have added the recipe below this recipe I used for the pie filling in the above photo. This apple pie filling is not dark since it does not contain the brown sugar and it has a much lighter taste.
APPLE PIE FILLING WITH BROWN SUGAR
Ingredients
- 4 cups white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup ClearJel modified cornstarch
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 10 cups water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 pounds apples peeled and cored
Instructions
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In a large pan over medium heat, mix sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Add 5 cups water and lemon juice – mix well. Cook and stir constantly until sugar is dissolved.
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While the sugar mixture is cooking, whisk the other 5 cups of water with the clear gel in a separate bowl until thoroughly mixed. It will look like milk. (tip – put the water in the bowl first and then add the clear gel while whisking.) Once it is mixed, slowly add it to the mixture heating on the stove.
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Continue stirring mixture until it starts boiling and thickens. It won’t take too long.
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Fill your jars halfway with sliced apples. Ladle the syrup over the apples, then add more apples to about one inch from the top of the jar. Add more syrup until the apples are covered, but leave 1/2 to 1 inch of room between the filling and the jar top for expansion.
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Slide a thin plastic, silicone or wooden knife around the sides of the jar to remove air bubbles, then put the lids and rings on the jars.
- Bring canning water to a rolling boil. Once the water is at boiling, process jars for 25 minutes.
APPLE PIE FILLING WITH VANILLA (NO BROWN SUGAR)
This is going to be my new go-to recipe for apple pie filling!
I love that this recipes gives you the amount in quarts instead of in large amounts. Just double, triple, etc. the recipe for then number of apples you have.
- 1 quart (4 cups) of sliced apples
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of clear gel
- 3/4 cup of cold water
- Cinnamon (optional) – I used just a small sprinkle per quart
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
Follow the directions for cooking the pie filling from the recipe above.
