Ogilvie Family Recipes

Canning & Preserves

Apple Pie Filling

Yield About 6 quart jars of filling (1 quart fills one 9-inch pie)

A spiced apple pie filling put up by the quart — one jar fills a nine-inch pie, so a fall afternoon of canning means pies all winter.

Method

Make and can the filling

To make a pie (per quart of filling)

From the family

  • One quart of filling makes one nine-inch pie.
  • The card doesn't state the canning method (boiling-water bath vs. pressure), jar size, or exact headspace — confirm safe, tested processing for your altitude before putting these up.
Read the story

A make-and-can recipe: you cook a spiced cornstarch-thickened syrup, pack it over sliced apples in jars, and process them so you have pie filling on the shelf. The back half of the card is the payoff — how a single quart becomes one nine-inch pie when you want it.