New Projects

I have been into canning lately. Last week, my mom came down to my house and we canned some apple pie filling. I got this recipe from Jared's grandma. She gave me some of hers last year. It is so nice. You just take the quart of pie filling, place it in your pie shell, put some butter on it and into the oven it goes. Such an easy idea! I loved it! So, this year, I talked my mom into doing some! We did 18 quarts! Yummo.

Here is the recipe

Canned Apple Pie Filling
4 ½ cups sugar
1 cups cornstarch
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
10 cups water
3 tbsp lemon juice
Cook sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and water until bubbly and clears a bit then add the lemon juice. Peel and slice apples. Pack apples into 1 qt jars, leaving 1 inch of head space. Pour syrup over apples and seal. Process in boiling water bath for 30 minutes. To make pie, place 1 qt filling in 9 inch pie crust. Dot pie with butter and seal.

Yesterday, we went up to my mom's house and did peaches. I LOVE canned peaches. I had found a recipe for some canned peach pie filling and thought it would be lovely too. You can do peach pie, cobbler, crisp, whatever your heart desires.

Canned Peach Pie Filling
25 cups sliced peaches
2 tsp almond extract
2 tsp yellow food coloring
7 tbsp lemon juice
3 cups water
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cup instant clear jel (1 cup cornstarch)
5 cups sugar
Combine peaches and almond extract. Mix together yellow food coloring and lemon juice and add to peaches. Add water. Mix together salt, instant clear jel, and sugar and add to peaches. Put in jars; cold pack 15 minutes. Makes 7 quarts.

Thanks mom for helping me and be willing to make a mess of your house! (Between the kids toys and the sticky peaches)!