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In 2004, I discovered this wonderful recipe! Made some adjustments, and ever since, I’ve “mega-cooked” my apple pie fillings. The following recipe truly does store in the freezer for up to a year…in fact, just the other day I thawed one that I’d put up last September and the resulting pie was super!
Apple Pie Filling
- 24 cups sliced peeled baking apples (6-7 lbs)
- 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 ½ cups sugar (I use half brown sugar, half white)
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 10 cups water
In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice; set aside. In a Dutch oven (large kettle works) over medium heat, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Add water; bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add apples; return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until apples are tender, about 6-8 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes. Ladle into freezer containers, leaving ½ inch headspace. Cool at room temperature no longer than 1 ½ hours. Seal and freeze; store for up to 12 months. Yield: 5 ½ quarts (enough for about five 9-inch pies).
Okay, here are my tips. Instead of quart jars, I use gallon-sized freezer bags. Let the filling cool a bit before filling the bags (one quart per bag) and then flatten the bag to freeze it. This way, you can stack the “boards” of filling in your freezer and slide one out when needed. Less space needed, and the thawing time is shorter. After thawing, I heat mine up on the stove or in the microwave before putting it in my pie crust, and dot it with butter before sealing the top crust.
Along the same lines, you can stack and freeze your pie crusts. Roll them in your 8 or 9″ circles between wax paper, and stack them together in one of those two gallon freezer bags. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight before using!
For a whole lot of fascinating information on making pie crust, and several recipes for “the perfect pie crust” go to Simply Recipes.
My pastry recipe is an old family one–tried and true–that uses butter-flavored Crisco. In light of that, here’s something I learned, that I’ll pass on, from the above site:
“The problem with shortening is that until recently, Crisco shortening contained a lot of transfats. Fortunately, they’ve come out with a new version, in a green can, that has 0 grams of trans fats.”
Now go make some pie!
Oh, this is great! I admit, I don’t make pies from scratch very often, but apple pie is my husband’s favorite…so this is good info for me! Guess I’m going to have to make it now! 🙂
And thank you for your sweet comment on my “how we met” post…and I wanted to add that since you commented, I had to go back and edit where I had left out something important…WHY he was late for our blind date! He was actually waiting at the other entrance all that time! 😉
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Can I use this recipe for canning
Mmmm…apple pie!
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YUM! And thanks for teeling me about the new Crisco. I know that my grandma’s good pie crust can’t be made any other way.
Camy
Great! I was just thinking about this the other day. I picked up a can of cherry and apple filling and wondered how it could be ready made from scratch.
Oh I could *kiss* you! Perfect.
Thanks for the pie crust link too…I hate using shortening.
Thanks so much!
You are all so welcome and your comments mean SO much! Thanks!
thanks, just what i was looking for.
Thank you so much for the pie filling recipe and tips.
I really appreciate finding this information and site.
Thank you
Just want to thank you for keeping at this and say how much I appreciate your clear and comprehensive comments. I missed the Richmond connection in the original Nation article. Really do hope and expect that someday soon we’ll be reading your work, or something comperable, in the RTD. In the meantime, I’m glad we can read it here.
Thanks, Joanna, but I’m afraid I have no idea what you’re referring to!
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Ohhh scrumptious!! I’ve never tried an apple pie before where you cook the filling first! And I hate on mine when I go to bite in and the apples are still crunchy…so the cooking before probably eliminates that! I will be making these soon for sure!
I just love having instant access to an apple pie without having to peel a bunch of apples first…doing it all in one fell swoop, especially after a visit to the orchard when we have a bushel or more of apples that need processed…well, it makes pie-making not seem so time-consuming. Pie crust from scratch+peeling/slicing apples and cooking them down…sometimes seems like too much work for a brainstormed-last-minute dessert idea!
Before I found this recipe, I was using one in which the apples never completely cooked, like you said, they were still crunchy, so I started cooking them in a kettle on the stove till just barely tender before putting them in my crusts…and that was just what they needed. Yum!
That is amazing! I always hated the crunchy apples in pies and still it never struck me to cook them…silly me! Now that I find it out how did I never think of that? lol. I was wondering-you said you use a large kettle-do you know of anywhere online that sells them or do you have a picture of one on here? I haven’t ever seen a large one. I have a small one for boiling water for tea and such but as silly as it sounds I haven’t heard of a large one for cooking with before. And I agree with you about instant access to a ready-made home-made pie filling! Some days I feel like doing all that work and some days I would love a pie but without all the prep-work involved!
I suppose I called it the wrong thing, yes, I can see how a tea kettle comes to mind! It’s a stock pot, I guess, the kind you make a large batch of soup in, here’s a picture:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?cpncode=11-38252381-2&dest=9999999997&product_id=5902720&sourceid=0100000012231186302498&srccode=cii_1038957
Hope this helps! I don’t know what I’d do without mine. I have two. One really large one, that I rarely use, and a 6 quart one that gets used frequently for spaghetti, chili or other soups…Mine is Revere ware, it’s wonderful!
Thanks! Going to check it out right now!
Ooops! I left a question under the wrong apple pie recipe. Sorry! I’ll cut and paste my question here:
I have to make pies for a church dinner, so this sounds great! I was wondering, though, how long to bake the pie. If the filling is warm going in, does the bottom crust have enough time to bake before the filling is bubbling? Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Now I can’t wait to visit the rest of your site!
No problem, Virginia, I get email notifications for every comment made here at the site, so I would have answered you at the other post first chance I got anyway!
I bake my apple pies with bottom and top crusts, and even with the filling bubbling, I still give the pie a good thirty minutes (sometimes more) in the oven. At least till the top crust is lightly browned. I make sure to lightly “wrap” foil strips around the crust edges so they don’t get too brown.
Glad you found this site and I hope you come back often! Good luck with all your pies–what a big job, but so satisfying!
Thank you so much. I can’t wait to try this pie. Being nearly computer illiterate I thought the URI was for a user name, so I put Ginny, which everyone calls me. So… that’s not my website. Once again, so sorry. 🙁
What a blessing this site is!
You are a blessing to me, just for taking time to browse the site. Thank you!
No problem about the URL, filling it in is optional! In fact, if you had a website or blog, that’s the address you’d put in the “URL” space, and your name would be the link that took me to your site. And don’t feel computer illiterate, before blogging I hardly knew the ins and outs either!
So glad to welcome you to Home-steeped Hope. I looked at the calendar tonight and got all excited–December 1st! Merry Christmas a few days early… 😉
Oh, God bless you for giving me a reason to use my 16 qt. stock pot! I used to use it once a year for mashed potatoes for our company Thanksgiving potluck, but have not used it for a while. I hated the thought of getting rid of it, but now you’ve given me a reason to dig it out of the cupboard and dust it off! Thanks and I’m off to check out the rest of your site!
Lol, Alicia, I have to dust mine off every year at this time! I do love having one that size but just like you, rarely have the need to fill it full…
Hope you enjoy this recipe, it’s such a quick way to be “set” for apple pies!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. We have so many apples from apple picking, I need to make something like this. I’ll let you know how it comes out, but I’m intimidated to peel & slice all the apples by myself.
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Colleen, I understand “intimidated”! This year we had three rounds of apples filling my back porch and staring me in the face till they got processed! Thankfully my mom came over and helped me two days, and then I had a whole family of homeschooler friends come spend the afternoon…we got a LOT of apples peeled and the kitchen was evidence! ;O) That’s my recommendation…get some friends and declare a workday. Everyone can bring apples and split the products, or just help you with yours and you can send them home with some of the fruits of their labors. It’s so much fun to do this with friends, time flies.
Also, if you are facing a mountain of apples…consider juicing them! It’s AMAZING how fast that process goes and it really uses up the apples. Plus, fresh apple juice is the best thing you’ll ever taste! All you have to do is core the apples first and slice them if necessary for your juicer. If you don’t have a juicer, I’d get one. Especially if you have apple trees. It will help you make the most of your harvest in the least amount of time. I borrowed my moms and we made 4 gallons of juice from several bushels of apples. Of course, I had to let those 4 gallons sit in my fridge for a day or two, to let the sediment drift to the bottom, and then I had to separate the sediment from the juice by straining it with a cheesecloth…and then I canned it all in quarts. There are a ton of instructions on how to do this on the net if you want to know more, or I’d be happy to explain further…just another idea. I was so glad to find an easy way to use up my remaining apples.
Also fun is to slice your unpeeled apples horizontally in thin full slices and dry them in your oven till they’re dried out completely…then cool them and spray both sides with a clear acrylic sealant and use them for apple crafts. Apple slice wreaths, or apple slice swags (with a few cinnamon sticks and cranberries thrown in)…
But good luck with the apple pie filling! It’s really easy and worth the time it will save you later making individual pies!
I have a suggestion for the frozen apple pie filling…when you have vanilla ice cream, heat some pie filling in the microwave and put over the ice cream…apple pie ala mode, without the crust!
Um, YUM! Thanks for sharing, Bill! Today we had Swedish pancakes and I fried some sliced apples for a topping…it was so delicious. We might try apple pie filling on top next time! Heated, of course!
I just tried your recipe today and wanted to say thank you, because it was really tasty! 🙂
I’m so glad, Frankie! Always love to hear positive feedback! Happy eating!
That is a great recipe to add to my collection for trying. Thank you very much for sharing this 🙂
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You’re very welcome, Art! Your site sounds delicious, I’ll have to check it out!
This is an awesome recipe. My wife is learning to cook and she fixed this for our family last night. She drizzled some agave nectar on the pie filling to make it a little sweeter. It was out of this world!
I canned apple pie filling for the first time last fall with my sister and a friend. A real good thing to do with the apple pie filling is add it into your pancake batter and have apple pancakes. We like to top with a little bit of coolwhip or redi whip in the can.
Bruce, that sounds great! For a beginning cook, I’m impressed that she’s trying agave nectar! I bet you’re welcoming all her culinary experimenting! Thanks so much for letting me know you liked this recipe.
And yum on the apple-pancakes! That sounds really delicious, Laura! Thanks for the tip, what a decadent breakfast!
Thanks for the recipe….I am just learning the art of baking and so this will make the job quite easy
I used half the sugar, but it still turned out amazing. This recipe WORKS! I put the filling into a crust recipe from my trusty Joy of Cooking. I’m so happy to have found it. Thanks so much for keeping it up here.
Thanks for the great receipe ! I have never made apple pie like this befor.Delicious !! Great idea, my family and I went apple picking and went overboard !!! Searching the internet I found this site, love the freezer bag idea !!!!
Melis, apples apples everywhere! I dried some last summer, and can you believe they’ve kept wonderfully in a ziplock in my cupboard all this time? So glad you liked the pie filling!
I have an abundance of apples from our gleaner group pick and wanted to freeze a lot of the harvest. This apple pie filling looks like a winner. I am going to find a flat spot in my freezer ??? and place the ziplock bags in pie tins so that when they are frozen they take on the shape of the tin. I can remove the tin for the next batch. They will stack well but can be thawed in the pie shell when ready to use. Don’t know if it will make the bottom crust soggy, so I’ll prebake the shell for ten minutes before I place the filling in and then add a crumble top. I also love the dried apple slices and sharing the recipe with my friends.
It is a winner…I still have some in the freezer from our abundant apple harvest last year and it looks and tastes fine! Amazing after a whole year in there. I need to use it up ASAP! ;O) Glad you shared this here, thanks! Homemade applesauce is another thing that freezes well, and is easy to make. We like it chunky, with lots of cinnamon! The girls like it when I throw in some cinnamon red hots to melt once the apples are mostly cooked. Mmm!
Thank you for your amazing recipe. Like in the others responses I too wondered why wasnt I boiling my apples first. it’s that time a year again and I needed a new recipe to try Thank you Mary for taking your time to post this.
It’s a great time for apple pie! Glad you want to try the recipe–you are so welcome!
I just made your apple pie receipe, instead of using 10 cups of water,, I used 5 cups of water and 5 cups of diet v8 splash, tropical blend. It was great.
Oh wow, Charlie! That sounds de-lish! I used up some holiday wassail in apple pie filling once, and it was to-die-for, so I am sitting here with my mouth watering at the thought of the V8 splash add-in! Yummo! Thanks for sharing that!
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i have been baking 10lb. apple pies for years now. this is the first year i have picked fresh apples off the tree to bake them. dont know what kind they are but they bake a mean pie! question though: after you cook them and freeze them then thaw to bake a pie, how long do you bake the pie for? If I bake it the normal amount of time as a fresh apple then the apples will be too mooshy wont they? Please help
for I am peeling them as we speak! I was going to freeze just the apples then when thawed mix my cinnamon etc. together and bake them as usual/found one recipe for freezing where you just dip the fresh apples in salt water then lay them on a tray to freeze, once frozen you package them in freezer bags. any input on that method? thanks for your time. and happy baking!
love,
deirdre
Hi Dierdre,
I apologize…I just now saw your comment, too late to help you “in the moment”! I’ve never frozen my apples separately on trays, so can’t help you there. I can tell you that I’ve used this apple pie filling recipe many times, and it’s still good up to one year after freezing! I usually heat it up a little before putting it in the pie crusts, so adjusting the cook time is dependent upon whether you do this or not. Trial and error, to determine what your family prefers best, might be the way to go!
Happy Baking to you too!
Hi Sharon,
It looks like you might have used Laura’s email in your comment, so she will get a notification of this reply in her email inbox! Then she can follow the link provided directly to this page! Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Mary
Mary
my name is sharon and i was wondering if you could mail my friend laura this page as she is interested in some frozen apple pie filliing recipes, thank you…
Wonderful. I had just the right amount of freshly picked apples left, and didn’t know what to do with them, until I stumbled upon your post. Thanks for a great recipe. The apple filling is cooling, and will be frozen in freezer bags this afternoon. Very excited.
Mmm, I’m envious. It wasn’t a great apple year in my area, or I’d be doing the same thing. October ritual–putting up apples. So glad you will enjoy in my stead! ;O)
Blessings, Aga!
How many pies does this recipe make? Do u thaw before putting on the stove? And do u just reheat enough to get the apples warm?
Hi Paula,
This recipe is enough to make five 9″ pies. I thaw mine overnight before I bake, and I do reheat it a bit on the stovetop before putting it in my pie crusts.
Hope this helps!
Mary
How long do I cook the pies for and at what tempatures?
Good question! I always reheat my filling after it thaws, and then bake it at least 30-45 minutes in a 350 degree oven, or till crust is golden and pie filling bubbly. Hope this helps, Kelley!
Wondering if this recipe would make a good apple crisp?
Yes, Marcia, it’s great with a crumb or crisp topping! :O)
This, also, sounds quite a bit like the filling for my apple pandowdy that my family loves.
Hi Becky, I haven’t made apple pandowdy in SO long! I forgot about it…will have to dig up that recipe, we are inundated with apples right now! Thanks for the comment!
I just tried to make this pie filling. I ended up with applesauce. I measured everything carefully and followed the recipe carefully. I added more cornstarch and that wouldn’t even thicken it up. I have no idea what went wrong. I’ll never use it again. Sorry to sound mad, but honestly, I’m a tried and true baker from way back, not a newbie. This recipe should be removed from the site. I’d do that anyway. It cost me a whole bunch of apples. It’s too sweet for applesauce because I put honey or just a tad of sugar in mine, not cups. Oh well. The apples were donated by my church for me to make several pies for a function. Now I’ll have to buy them to replace what I lost.
I’m so sorry Joan! I’ve never had any trouble with this recipe and use it every year. That is strange, and I am so sorry for all the trouble and time you lost trying this recipe. This is a recipe I originally got from Taste of Home, and we all know that they test all their recipes in their test kitchens before putting their name on them. I would chalk it up to a fluke, maybe the type of apples, or some other anomaly. Very sorry it didn’t turn out for you.
–Mary
Do you recommend to pre-bake the crust before baking with the filling?
Hi KTN, no, don’t prebake the crust, just add your warmed up filling to the unbaked pie dough lined pie plate and top with crust, as usual! Sorry I didn’t see this sooner!
I think this works great!
Just made this apple pie filling. Delicious, thanks so much
I made this recipe in October, 2012 and just now got around to making a pie with it – it turned out fabulous! Thanks for sharing!
i just made this recipe and i think something went terribly wrong! i ended up with too much liquid! when you freeze the filling how much apple/sauce ratio do you put? because i know that apple filling should not be watery , so now am confused! i put half apples half sauce in the freezer bags but do u think when i come to use it in an apple pie i should just pick the apples out of the sauce and just use that? also any suggestions on what to do with the rest of the sauce i have? can it be of any use to me? it would be a waste to throw it out, what should i do with it?
My toddler and I went apple picking this weekend and came home with 90lbs of apples. I was making my list of things to make and a friend linked me to this recipe. My bags are currently cooling. There was a smudge of the filling left so I served it with dinner. It was delicious! I have no idea what the self proclaimed “true baker” did wrong because it most definitely was not the recipe.
I just finished making this recipe. It was the first time I attempted to make pie filling freezer apples. It turned out awesome and made the house smell so good. I will definitely make this again and again. I highly recommend this recipe to all. Thank you to all that made comments about the crust, heating filling and baking instructions. I am excited to have this in the freezer for winter use.
Do you use one quart for each 9in pie?
Just discovered this recipe after given a bunch of apples. Worked perfectly. Thank you for sharing it.
I use this recipe every year and it works great, but I only use 5 cups of water because I use just picked apples and they have more water in them.
loved the outcome of this recipe. I cut it in half, not enough apples and used potato starch instead of corn starch, same exchange amounts. the filling looks and tastes good. thank you
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I just made and apple pie using a different recipe and am not too fond of it. It didn’t use cinnamon or nutmeg in it just sugars butter and flour. The house now smells of burnt sugar (where it boiled over onto the cooking sheet under the pie.). I’ll post again after I make this. I’ll make 1 pie and freeze the rest!!!!
We just moved in to my grandparent-in-laws house in Dec. Come to find out there is a wonderful tree that produces cooking apples. Why they are ready in July I have no idea, but I’m using my few weeks of summer break for focusing myself on what is important….FAMILY! Got the filling cooling on the stove and will be bagging and freezing soon. Thanks so much for posting such great tips!
You’re so welcome, I’m sure your family has been enjoying an abundance of apple pies!
I have never baked a pie before; however, hubby loves apple pie. What type of cooking apples do you recommend? Also, is it okay use more than one type of apple in the same batch of filling?
Hi Linda, definitely use more than one kind of apple, it adds greater flavor variety. Some common combinations I use are granny smith, jonathan, and pink lady or gala. Happy pie baking!
Mary
I made two batches of the pie filling. The second batch I cut the slices into a bowl of water, since the apples that I used turned brown quite quickly, then I did not use the lemon juice. Since the apple slices were “water logged” from being in the water, I only used about five cups of the water, instead of 10. The end result was the same as the first batch, tasted great! I am anxious to use it in pies! I like the idea of putting the filling in freezer bags and then freezing them flat. Doesn’t take up so much room in the freezer that way!
I loved this recipe the only thing I did diffrent was cut it in half. I only had 12 cups of apples on hand. I will most defenatelly be using this recipe again and again. We all need short cuts, to have this in the freezer is the best..
Thanks,
gb
I just made this pie filling tonight. I only had enough apples for half a batch, so I simply cut everything (except the cinnamon – I LOVE cinnamon) in half. It turned out wonderful! I used a little right away to make some apple empanadas and my husband and son were in heaven. I might either cut down the water or increase the cornstarch a little next time. While it wasn’t watery, it still was a bit thinner than I prefer. That’s just personal preference though. Thanks for sharing a terrific recipe!
You’re welcome, glad to contribute to “heaven on earth”! 😉 Thanks for the great feedback!
Going to make for First time. Do I use Gallon size bag per Pie? Or Quart size per Pie?
Gallon size, Katie!
I made one batch last week and another this week. I used macintosh apples as they were recommended to me as baking apples. Both batches made 7 quarts. To measure I used a quart jar and poured the contents into the quart freezer bags. It worked wonderful. My house smells delicious. Thank you so much for your recipe!
You are so very welcome! 🙂
Should I peel the apples first?
Yes, peel the apples!
Crisco is nasty , artificial stuff.. use lard , butter or coconut oil instead.. SO much better then liquid plastic.. 🙂
I agree! I have changed my ways in the last few years. Butter in my pie crusts EVERY time and no Crisco in the house! ; )
I just made this recipe this afternoon. It is cooling now. The liquid seems a little runny and I am wondering if I should put less liquid in when bagging it. I am concerned about the juice running over!
I use this recipe, thaw in Fridge overnight, I use a pre-made Pie Crust, that I found here on Pinterest. The Pie Dough is made with 5 lbs. of flour, shortening and salt. I mixed it all up and rolled the dough out and cut it to fit a nine-inch Pie Plate, I then rolled it onto a wax paper sheet and froze it. It can make up to twenty shells. They can be stored in a shoe box, to keep them from being crushed. I Cook on a very large Ranch, and do not have the time to mix Pie Dough always. I am not sure how long it will keep, as we use it up very fast! The Apple Pie Filling,I cook up,and freeze in gallon-sized Zip-Loc Bags.
Oh my goodness,this was such an easy recipe!…love it,thank you!
I am about to make this recipe and I too wonder about the quantity of water. When it is time to put the apples in the bags do you use a spoon with holes to eliminate most of the water ??
In reply to those of you who have had excess liquid, it may be the type of apples you’ve used. I have had great success mainly with baking apples like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Braeburn. There’s definitely more juice produced by other favorite non-baking varieties, so if you have excess visible liquid upon thawing your filling, simply tip the bag upside down–being careful to just have a tiny opening in the bag so they don’t accidentally all fall out–and let the watery excess drain out. I’ve done this, too, it’s okay and should still work out. In the past years, I’ve gotten away from making mega batches of pie filling to freeze, and have tweaked apple pie to perfection sometimes only available when making individual pies. However, when you have an abundance of apples to put up, or if you want the ease of homemade apple pie filling ready to go–this method is the way to go!
got mine cooling on the stove now and it smells and taste wonderful!!!
Hi,
Your recipe sounds wonderful. I was wondering if you have a sugar free version. Being diabetic, this would be great!
Will this recipe work with Granny Smith apples? I have a Granny Smith apple tree in my new house, and it is producing WAY too many apples for my family of 3 to eat!
have you ever done peaches this way?
Not sure what happened with my batch, but it was very watery. I could have easily gotten away with half the amount of liquid. water. I ended up throwing away about 5 cups of liquid. Still seems runny. I froze these in freezer bags and that part seems to work well. When I am actually going to bake the pies, I will likely add a tsp of Minit Tapioca to thicken the mixture.
I have made this recipe for several years and adore it! Always turns out so yummy. I just bought canning supplies this year, and would love to be able to can this and give it away as gifts. Any idea on how to convert it?
I don’t cook my apples when I make a pie. I just fold in sugar, flour, spices and lemon juice, and spoon it into a crust lined pan, top with top crust, brush water or melted butter on top crust and sprinkle crust with sugar. Makes the best pie.
I was really looking for how you put the apples in a paper lined pan, and froze it to just slip into a crust lined pan to bake. That looked really interesting.
Can you can this instead of freezing it ?
Agree with everything but the freezer bags. That’s just wasteful. Plastic is bad for the environment unless recycled, best stick with glass jars. Most of people don’t care about what happens to the future, but please be the bit of change we need in a wasteful world by being zero waste with just little changes like this.
This message is to Joan For her apples turning to mush. It does depend on the apples used. Some apples don’t cook or bake well. If your not sure which ones to use, just ask the people where you buy your apples from if they are good for cooking and baking. Most of the early apples are soft and will turn to mush. Where your later apples are better keepers and retain themselves much better. Happy baking everyone.
Done your recipe today, and found it easy to follow. And it turned out great. Will be using it for quite some time. Thanks for sharing!
Our Kiwanis Club sells apples every year and I always get at least one case. This year I got Red Delicious, Galas and Granny Smith apples. Last weekend I made the crock pot apple butter and used a combination of all three apples. The apple butter is wonderful. Today I’m making the this recipe for freezer apple pie. My family loves all different types of apple pie and this recipe is definitely a keeper.
I just made this last night and had watery results so i transfered cooked apples to a tupperware container to cool with some of the sauce and did another batch of apples cooking in the remainder. Im making your apple crisp right now. I think with every recipe, you tweak it to suit your ideas. Thank you for a base to start with my house smells so good mu husband sniffed and said , ” I love canning season”. I love freezing season, much easier, especially with an apple peeler/corer/slicer from Bed Bath and Beyond, best 20 bucks ive spent in a while.
Due to urban expansion here in our little town, a beautiful apple tree was cut down but fortunately for me – it is apple season. I picked up 10 gallons of apples off the ground and made a batch of this with part of them. This recipe is perfect. Thank you for posting it.
Funny I too had way too much liquid with this recipe and I even cut it in half… tasted good though!
Any clue what I can use in lieu of cornstarch?? I have a non-corn eater in my house.
Ashleigh, try Gluccomannan! I haven’t tried it for pie filling, but it makes a great substitute for cornstarch in gravy. A little goes a long way so just try sprinkling a little bit onto your bubbling sugar mixture and wait for it to thicken, adding a teensy bit more if necessary. Hope this helps!
How long do you bake the apple pie using the thawed filling?
What are the best apples to use for a pie.
I just made this recipe and followed directions exactly. It seems like a lot of liquid in the final product. Does that seem right?
I have just made this, looks delish, my question is can I use a Food Saver, (takes all the air out of the bags then seals them as you say to leave air space in your freezer bags.