Canning Apple Pie Filling

This apple pie filling is delicious! Scroll down for the recipe and be sure to watch the video of Rita and me attempting to make it look easy. We made a mess, but we got some yummy pie filling out of it!

Frank planted these apple trees in 2012. We got a few, a very few, apples from them last year and a little more this year. We never dreamed it would take that long for them to start producing, but we are sure happy to have them!

Rita peeled all those apples in a jiffy with this handy helper. Apple Peeler (battery-powered): https://amzn.to/3aufKVV

Contrary to what you see here, we cannot grow cherries on our apple trees! Those were purchased from the grocery store, and we worked on them the same day as we worked on the apples. I think we were a bit over-extended. Frank cored and sliced the apples with this nifty gadget.

Apple Corer, Slicer, Peeler: https://amzn.to/30WEgfd

That pie filling made an excellent cobbler with pie crust made with lard! That was a first for me. But I don’t know that I’ve ever had a better pie crust! That recipe is coming up soon!

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Apple Pie Filling for Canning

Author: Robin Foster at LifeatMonteCristo.com

Ingredients:

• 6 lbs peeled, cored & sliced apples
• 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2 tsp salt
• 10 cups water
• 3 TBS lemon juice

Instructions:

1. Prepare quart jars for canning.
2. Pack apples in clean & prepared quart jars.
3. In a stockpot, mix:
4. sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, water & lemon juice.
5. Over medium heat, bring to a boil and cook until thick, stirring regularly.
6. Carefully pour the hot syrup over the apples in the jars.
7. Using a knife, push the apples and syrup around to remove air pockets. 
8. Fill to 1/2 inch headspace.
9. With a damp paper towel, clean the jar rims.
10. Put on lids and rings, and process in a water bath for 20 minutes.

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