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Apple Pie Filling | Canning Instructions

Canning apple pie filling is the perfect way to preserve your harvest of apples and enjoy a sweet treat all year long.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Additional Time
25 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 128 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 3½ cups apples
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup Clear Jel modified cornstarch
  • ½ cup water
  • ¾ cup apple juice
  • 2 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg optional
  • ⅛ teaspoon allspice optional
  • pinch cloves
  • lemon juice or ascorbic acid

Instructions

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  1. Before starting, wash and heat jars and lids. We heat them in the canning pot because we need to have that heating anyway. Jars do not need to be sterilized because process time is over 10 minutes.
  2. Start another large pot of water boiling.
  3. Wash apples well. Peel and core apples. Slice into a bowl of cold water and lemon juice or ascorbic acid.
  4. Once pot is boiling add a up to 6 cups of apples to the pot for 60 seconds, after water begins to boil again.
  5. Remove with a slotted spoon. Place in a covered bowl to keep them warm and continue with remaining apple slices.
  6. Combine the water, sugar, clear jel and spices in a large saucepan. Stir and cook over medium heat until it thickens. (Don’t be concerned if the clearjel clumps. This is common. Just keep stirring until the clumps go away.)
  7. Add lemon juice. Boil one more minute.
  8. Fold in apples.
  9. Immediately fill hot jars with the pie filling leaving a 1 inch headspace.
  10. Remove air bubbles with a bubble removal tool or a plastic or wooden chopstick.
  11. Wipe rims of jar clean with a damp paper towel. Center lids on jars. Screw on bands finger tip tight. Process immediately.

Notes

  • Makes one quart as written.
  • One quart will make a nice, full 9 inch pie.
  • Adjustment for Altitude
  • For pints or quarts
  • 0-1000 feet above sea level                 25 minutes
  • 1001-3000 feet above sea level           30 minutes
  • 3001-6000 feet above sea level          35 minutes
  • above 6000 feet above sea level         40 minutes

Nutrition Information

Serving 0.5cups Calories 128kcal (6%) Carbohydrates 33g (11%) Protein 0.2g (0%) Fat 0.2g (0%) Saturated Fat 0.03g (0%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.04g Monounsaturated Fat 0.01g Sodium 3mg (0%) Potassium 87mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 27g (54%) Vitamin A 31IU (1%) Vitamin C 4mg (4%) Calcium 8mg (1%) Iron 0.1mg (1%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 128

% Daily Value*

Serving 0.5cups
Calories 128kcal 6%
Carbohydrates 33g 11%
Protein 0.2g 0%
Fat 0.2g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.03g 0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.04g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.01g 0%
Sodium 3mg 0%
Potassium 87mg 2%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 27g 54%
Vitamin A 31IU 1%
Vitamin C 4mg 4%
Calcium 8mg 1%
Iron 0.1mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.