What is your favorite kind of pie? Mine isn't apple - but since we left our cherry trees in Michigan and have apple trees now, I make apple pie.
The USDA doesn't recommend canning ready-made apple pie filling with thickener added, but I've frozen apple pie filling in quart-size bags. You can also can pie filling without thickener, just add it when you make the pie.
This is how to make a pie crust the easy way. An apple pie uses two crusts, or one plus a streusel topping.
APPLE PIE
2 Tbsp lemon juice
6-8 apples (depending on their size), peeled and cored
2/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
pinch of allspice
pinch of salt
2 Tbsp butter
Peel and core the apples, cut into thin slices. Toss apple slices with lemon juice to coat. Add sugar, flour, spices and salt, mix well. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter. Cover with top crust if using, seal the edges and cut slices or poke holes in the crust.
Put a baking sheet on the oven rack beneath the pie. Bake at 425°F for 40 to 50 minutes or until the crust is brown and juice begins to bubble up through the slits in the crust. Serve warm or chill and serve later.
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Since I plan to can this filling, I'll leave out the flour until I'm ready to make a pie. Then I'll just pour off the juice into a saucepan, whisk in the flour, let it heat a bit, pour over the apples in the crust, and bake as directed. Yum!
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Thank you for sharing your recipe with us on the Art of Home-Making Mondays! :)
ReplyDeleteI love apple pie, with crust or with streusel topping! How lovely to make pies from your own home grown apples, Kathi! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby is a picky apple pie eater LOL I just finally got mine the way HE likes it. Thanks for sharing at the (mis)Adventures Mondays Blog Hop. I look forward to seeing what you share this week!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy! I'd like to try canning apple pie filling. I miss living up north where we always had an abundance of apples.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on the Homestead Blog Hop.
I miss those northern apple orchards too, Bonnie. There are many varieties that will grow further south though. Try Stark Bros Nursery, their trees are guaranteed for a year.
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