Appledelicious Pie Filling

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 lbs apples
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 wash, peel, core and slice apples.
• 2 treat to prevent darkening.
• 3 combine sugar, flour and spices.
• 4 rinse and drain apples; stir into sugar mixture.
• 5 let stand until juices begin to flow, about 30 minutes.
• 6 stir in lemon juice.
• 7 cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.
• 8 ladle pie filling into can-or-freeze jars or plastic freezer boxes, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.
• 9 cool at room temperature,not to exceed 2 hours.
• 10 seal, label andn freeze.
• 11 yield: about 6 pints.
• 12 note: you can can this recipe if you put hot filling into hot sterilized jars and seal properly.
• 13 you may cook in hot water bath for 15 to 25 minutes.
• 14 i made immediately into an apple pie and cooked at 425* for 15 minutes, then lowered temperature to 350* for 30 more minutes.