Canned Fruit Pie Filling or Canned Dessert Filling

Name: Canned Fruit Pie Filling or Canned Dessert Filling
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 -4 cups blackberries or 3 -4 cups huckleberries, washed; 2 1/2-3 cups sugar; 3 cups water; 3 -4 apples, peeled, half slices; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 -4 cups chopped frozen rhubarb or 3 -4 cups chopped fresh rhubarb; 2 tablespoons dry tapioca; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/2 cup cold water

Submitted by Montana Heart Song

"This is filling for 4 - 6 pies, very easy, after heating and thickening, water bath for 20 minutes.See other uses listed in recipe."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 48

ingredients

3 -4 3 -4 cups blackberries or 3 -4 cups huckleberries, washed
2 ¹⁄₂ - 3 cups sugar
3 cups water
3 -4 apples, peeled, half slices
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
3 -4 cups chopped frozen rhubarb or 3 -4 cups chopped fresh rhubarb
2 tablespoons dry tapioca
1 tablespoon cornstarch
¹⁄₂ cup cold water

directions

In large stockpot, add berries. With a potato masher,mash down a few times in the pot to release the juice. Add sugar and water.
Turn heat on low and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Peel and slice apples. Put in a ziplock bag with lemon juice and salt. Shake, Shake, Shake.
Add rhubarb to the stock pot, mix well and then add the apple mixture. Stir.
Add instant tapioca. Do not use whole Tapioca.
Wash pint jars and place in 9x13 pan upside down and add hot water to pan. Heat oven to 250°.
Fill hot water bath canner with hot water.
Cover and start the water to boil.
Increase heat to medium for the stockpot, stir and cook about 15 minutes.
Add 1 cup cold water. Stir.
In bowl, add cold water and cornstarch, stir to dissolve and then stir in hot filling. Stir and cook until thickened and glossy. Pull off the heat.
Fill jars, leaving 1 1/2 inch head space.
Stick knife down the side of the jar to eliminate any air pockets. Wipe rim of jars.
With hot clean damp cloth. Put hot seal on each jar and screw on ring.
Place filled jars in canning rack, lower into boiling water. Cover. When water starts a rolling boil over the top of lids start to time, 20 minutes. Raise rack, place jars on toweled surface. Be careful.
Jars are hot and you don't want to click them against each other.
Note: You may add sugar to taste. This recipe is slightly tart because the family likes it this way.
Variations of the Pie Filling after Canning:
•Open one jar and add 1 cup sour cream. Serve cold or place in pie crust and bake.
•Open one jar and add 8 oz. cream cheese and mix well. Serve cold with cool whip or fill pie crust and bake.
•Use a cup or two from a canned jar and use as a swirl filling in bundt cake batter.
•Use as a filling between baked cake layers.

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Montana Heart Song

Belt, 66

My husband & I built our dream home after our children were raised.We didn't hire a contractor, we pounded every nail and board and shingle on it.I have lots of stories to tell about that adventure. My passion is cooking, my grandchildren and living each day like it were my last. I love to drive the big rigs. I lived all over the world for a time and collected dolls and cookbooks. I write poetry. My other passions are the outdoors, country living, the sunrises and sunsets,to give to others more than I receive as it says in the Bible. As I get older I am less judgemental.I hope I have helped someone each and every day. Every day is an adventure! Event Participation! <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PAC08Main.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <img src=http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/RSC%20Banners/RSC11-SueL-FirstPlace.jpg alt= /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/beartag_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/adopted_1_1.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/200_artistrichardneuman-art-prints_.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting /> <img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/untitled.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting />

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