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How to Can Apples for Baking

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July 18, 2018 by Victoria 23 Comments

Learning how to can apples is easy with the recipe for canning apple pie filling! This apple pie filling recipe can be used right away for a classic American dessert, or it can be canned for use later on! Either way, this is a MUST TRY canned apples recipe!

Canning Apple Pie Filling

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Canning Apple Pie Filling

Apple Pie is my husband's favorite dessert. Of course, I just found that out about a month ago! Yes, that's right, after more than a decade of marriage, I'm just now finding out his favorite dessert!

The really sad thing is, I've only made it twice in that whole time! So to attempt to make up for such a terrible lapse in my cooking patterns, I've been making it a lot recently.

The first few times I peeled the apples right before making the pie. But just as I'm never peeling another tomato before canning, I wanted to find a way to reduce my labor every time I wanted to make apple pie filling!

So, I started canning the apple pie filling instead. And after realizing that canned apples make an EVEN better pie, I'm sold on never peeling another apple just to make pies again!

Canning Apples for Baking

This recipe for canned apples is done in a water bath canner, and the apples are hot packed, which means they are boiled in syrup before canning.

You can raw pack the apples instead, and just pour the syrup over the top, but you will lose a lot of liquid during the process and your apples will be partially sitting in the air (inside the jar). That's a matter of personal preference, but for the recipe we will be hot packing the apples before canning.

This is a water bath canning recipe, so follow those direction here but process the jars for the time indicated below.

Canning Apples

Canning Apple Pie Filling

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apple Pie Filling
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 5 Quarts

Ingredients

  • 12 Pounds of Apples
  • 5 Quart Jars with Rings and Lids
  • Jar Labels optional
  • 5 Cups Sugar
  • 3 and 1/4 Cups Water
  • General Canning Items as Listed HERE

Instructions

  • Prepare jars according to Canning Directions HERE
  • Wash, core, and peel Apples.
  • Cut Apples lengthwise into 1/4 inch (ish) slices.
  • Combine Sugar and Water in a large pan and bring to a boil.
  • Add Apples to Syrup, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Pack Apples into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Ladle syrup over apples, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
  • Use plastic canning knife to remove all air bubbles.
  • Process quarts according to Canning Directions for 20 minutes.

To Make Apple Pie with Canned Apples

  • With 1 Einkorn Pie Crust ready, drain Canned Apple juice into a sauce pan.
  • Add 1 TBSP Einkorn Flour, 1 tbs cinnamon, and a splash of Vanilla Extract.
  • Stir over low heat until well combined.
  • Raise heat to medium and stir until thickened.
  • Add apples to Pie Crust and pour thickened juice evenly over the apples.
  • Bake for 15 minutes at 425°.
  • Reduce heat to 350° and bake for an additional 40 minutes.
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  1. Janet says

    October 17, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    How long will the canned apples last?

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      October 17, 2019 at 2:47 pm

      Hi Janet! We use them until they are gone, 5-10 years!

      Reply
  2. Abby says

    October 17, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    My jars are processing right now but I can into an odd conundrum. I measured it 12 lbs then peeled, cored and cut them. When it came time to put them in my large stock pot, they didn’t all fit. So I had to leave out 1.5 lbs (post-cored) because it would’ve overflowed. Then when u was putting them in the jars, I still had enough apples in the stock pot too have been able to fill another jar. I didn’t have one ready so they’re not being canned now. So over all, I think I had a good 2.5-3 lbs of cored apples leftover.
    Not sure if anyone else experienced this or if I completely miss-weighed my apples. I’m confident I didn’t but I still could’ve made a mistake

    Reply
    • Abby says

      October 17, 2019 at 6:11 pm

      Sorry about typos, I totally didn’t edit my comment before posting.

      Reply
    • Victoria says

      October 17, 2019 at 8:57 pm

      Hey Abby! Sometimes this happens if they jars aren’t packed full, which can take some practice. But you can either keep them aside and can them in another batch, freeze them, or just refrigerate them and make a pie soon!

      Reply
  3. Francine Strong says

    December 22, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    I received 2 jars of canned apple pie filling with cinnamon added made this year, when i opened the jars the fruit was bubbling like it was starting to ferment. still tasted good do you think I can still make a pie with them. Sincerely Concern

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      December 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm

      Hi Francine! If it was actively bubbling, like it was fermenting, then I would throw it out. If there were just bubbles in the filling like it was air, then it should be fine. I would really have to see it myself to say for sure, so you will need to make the call. I’m sorry!

      Reply
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