CANNED APPLE PIE FILLING

10 cups water                                                       3 tbsp lemon juice
4-1/2 cups sugar                                                   3 to 5 drops red food coloring (opt)
1 cup cornstarch                                                   7 quarts peeled, sliced apples
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Bring water to boil. Stir sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg into boiling water. Cook, stirring, until mixture thickens. Add lemon juice and coloring. Pack apples into clean jars to within 1" of top. Pour hot syrup over apples. Process in hot water bath for 20 minutes.

(Farm Wife Apple Cookbook)


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