This year,
since moving, I have been able to home can several different things. Not all of
those experiences haven’t been fantastic, but some have been really great! So
far I've made strawberry jam, blueberry syrup (it was supposed to be jam, but
it didn't set...read about the explosion incident here), homemade salsa, and now I'm canning apple pie filling!
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| One batch of pie filling cooking on the stove! |
Because I'm
super partial to my own apple pie recipe I went with that vs. one of the
recipes which came with the apple pie canning recipes I looked up. This
only allowed me to make enough to fill 2 quart size jars or 4 pint size jars at
one time though so that was kind of a pain…but I think it’ll be worth it. I
processed each jar of apple pie filling for 30 minutes in boiling water, set
them on the counter to cool & seal, and then labeled them with the date
before storing them in my pantry. I’m really excited about having the pie
filling on my shelves!
One really
big thing you’ll want to note before canning apple pie filling is that you do want to
leave a good bit of space at the top of the jars you fill so that once the hot
water bath process is completed and the jars are out on the counter they will
seal. If you fill them too full the liquid mixture will overflow and cause the
jars to not seal. If/when this happens you have to re-clean off the edges of the jars, wash the lids and re-process in a hot water bath...all of which can be quite a pain!
I did end up baking an Apple Pie earlier this apple season and it was to die for! I've started using all brown sugar in my recipe instead of white sugar. This gives a caramel like taste to the pies and I LOVE it! Last year I shared the Grandma Karon's Apple Pie recipe...it's basically the same thing as in the photo above except now I like to use 1/2 cup of brown sugar instead of the 1/2 cup of white sugar on the ingredients list.
I gave away two jars of the pie filling. One went to my grandparents. My Papa asked me where I learned how to make such yummy pie filling and my Great Mary told me the apples tasted great on homemade biscuits too! This is definitely something I will be doing again next year as I am a huge fan of apple pie filling!
I've added this post to my Real Food Journey label since the apples came off the tree in my back yard and I used regular ingredients to make the pie filling. Home canning is a great way to preserve real foods.
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| First Apple Pie of 2013! |
I did end up baking an Apple Pie earlier this apple season and it was to die for! I've started using all brown sugar in my recipe instead of white sugar. This gives a caramel like taste to the pies and I LOVE it! Last year I shared the Grandma Karon's Apple Pie recipe...it's basically the same thing as in the photo above except now I like to use 1/2 cup of brown sugar instead of the 1/2 cup of white sugar on the ingredients list.
I gave away two jars of the pie filling. One went to my grandparents. My Papa asked me where I learned how to make such yummy pie filling and my Great Mary told me the apples tasted great on homemade biscuits too! This is definitely something I will be doing again next year as I am a huge fan of apple pie filling!
I've added this post to my Real Food Journey label since the apples came off the tree in my back yard and I used regular ingredients to make the pie filling. Home canning is a great way to preserve real foods.
Looks yummy!
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