Apple Pie Filling

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups apples, peeled cored and cut up
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons minute tapioca
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice or 1 teaspoon bottled lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 combine apples and sugar in large saucepan.
• 2 stir.
• 3 let stand until juice begins to release.
• 4 stir as you bring it to a boil over medium-high heat.
• 5 boil hard for 1 minute.
• 6 mix in tapioca, cinnamon and lemon juice.
• 7 boil hard for 1 minute more.
• 8 pack into hot sterilized quart jar to within 1/2 inch from top.
• 9 place sterilized metal lid on the jar and screw metal band on securely.
• 10 process in boiling water bath for 20 minutes.
• 11 repeat for as many jars as you like.
• 12 makes 1 quart; enough for 1-9 inch pie.