Apple Pie in a Jar

Ingredients

• 28 cups sliced, peeled apples
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 10 cups water (see note below)
• 2 tsps cinnamon
• 3 Tbsps lemon juice

Directions

Pack apple slices tightly in quart jars. Make a syrup from sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and water. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Add lemon juice, seal and process jars in water bath 20 minutes. Yield 7 quarts.

Note: You can also dry pack the apple pie filling; the juices from the apple will be all you need during the canning process.

These are so handy to have in your pantry. Open a jar — pour into pie shell and bake –