Canned Pie Filling Food

CANNED APPLE PIE FILLING

Steps:

• in a large pan, mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add salt and water and mix well. Bring to a boil and cook until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and food coloring.
• Sterilize canning jars, lids and rings by boiling them in a large pot of water.
• Peel, core, and slice apples. Pack the sliced apples into hot canning jars, leaving a 1/2 inch headspace.
• Fill jars with hot syrup, and gently remove air bubbles with a knife.
• Put lids on and process in a water bath canner for 20 minutes.

CANNED FRUIT PIE FILLING OR CANNED DESSERT FILLING

Steps:

• In large stockpot, add berries. With a potato masher,mash down a few times in the pot to release the juice. Add sugar and water.
• Turn heat on low and stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Peel and slice apples. Put in a ziplock bag with lemon juice and salt. Shake, Shake, Shake.
• Add rhubarb to the stock pot, mix well and then add the apple mixture. Stir.
• Add instant tapioca. Do not use whole Tapioca.
• Wash pint jars and place in 9x13 pan upside down and add hot water to pan. Heat oven to 250°.
• Fill hot water bath canner with hot water.
• Cover and start the water to boil.
• Increase heat to medium for the stockpot, stir and cook about 15 minutes.
• Add 1 cup cold water. Stir.
• In bowl, add cold water and cornstarch, stir to dissolve and then stir in hot filling. Stir and cook until thickened and glossy. Pull off the heat.
• Fill jars, leaving 1 1/2 inch head space.
• Stick knife down the side of the jar to eliminate any air pockets. Wipe rim of jars.
• With hot clean damp cloth. Put hot seal on each jar and screw on ring.
• Place filled jars in canning rack, lower into boiling water. Cover. When water starts a rolling boil over the top of lids start to time, 20 minutes. Raise rack, place jars on toweled surface. Be careful.
• Jars are hot and you don't want to click them against each other.
• Note: You may add sugar to taste. This recipe is slightly tart because the family likes it this way.
• Variations of the Pie Filling after Canning:.
• •Open one jar and add 1 cup sour cream. Serve cold or place in pie crust and bake.
• •Open one jar and add 8 oz. cream cheese and mix well. Serve cold with cool whip or fill pie crust and bake.
• •Use a cup or two from a canned jar and use as a swirl filling in bundt cake batter.
• •Use as a filling between baked cake layers.

CANNED APPLE PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Prepare boiling water canner. Heat (7 each) pint glass preserving jars with lids in simmering water until ready for use. Do not boil. Set bands aside.
• Combine sugar, ClearJel, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large stainless steel saucepan. Stir in apple juice and cold water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, and cook until mixture thickens and begins to bubble.
• Add lemon juice, return to a boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Drain apple slices and immediately fold into hot mixture. Before processing, heat, stirring, until apples are heated through.
• Ladle hot pie filling into hot jars leaving 1 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Apply band until fit is fingertip tight.
• Process jars in a boiling water canner for 25 minutes, adjusting for altitude. Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed.