Sweet Apple Wedges

Ingredients Tick them off

• 6 to 8 cups Applesor more
• 1 cup Brown sugar
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp Nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Sea salt
• 1/2 Lemon Juicelemon or more
• 2 cups Waterplus water to boil apples
• 1 cup Apple juiceless sugar

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Method Tap a step to keep your place

1. In a saucepan half full with water, boil and then add sea salt.

2. Peel and wedge 6 cups of apples of choice, put in bowl and add lemon juice and coat all wedges and let rest for a few minutes.

3. Then add apple wedges to boiler with water, boil for 5 minutes drain water and let the apple wedges stay in the saucepan to keep warm until ready to use.

4. In another saucepan add 1 cup water, 1 cup apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, let boil until ready.

5. Have your 3 mason jars ready to bottle, scoop all part cooked apple wedges in bottles and pour equal amount of sweet SPICY liquid in each one.

6. Clean around rims and place lids and caps on tight, place in your water bath for 5 to 10 minutes to seal.

7. PLEASE NOTE:

8. THIS IS NOT A PIE FILLING YET ONLY PRESERVED APPLES, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS REMOVE APPLES FROM BOTTLE REHEAT AND ADD SOME CORN STARCH TO THICKEN LIQUID BEFORE POURING IN TO YOUR PIE CRUSTS, MORE SPICES IF NEEDED.

9. PLEASE FOLLOW THE CANNING METHOD TO STERILIZE AND SEAL JARS FOR SAFTY.

Sterilization

1. Start by getting a large boiler and filling in about quarter full of water.

2. Then starting the water to a boil and placing your Mason jars inside then cover.

3. After let the pot boil for about 15-20 then remove your bottles and place them on paper towels or a cloth.

Canning Procedures

1. After your food items are cooked and ready to bottle, scoop hot liquid and put inside your Mason jars.

2. Continue doing this until all bottles are complete and leaving 1/2 inch on top.

3. Clean around the top of your bottles removing any food of rims.

4. Then place caps and lids on your jars and tighten.

5. Then place your jars back in hot water bath and start the boil for another 5 to 10 minutes with the cover on boiler.

6. Leave at room temperature then check your lids, 3 ways.

7. Remove screw cap and lightly run your finger upwards on the lid if it don't remove its sealed, put the screw cap back on tight and date/label each bottle. Then store in cool panty or room.

8. If the lid is not popped up when you touch the middle it means its sealed.

9. If you heard all your jars pop by counting the pops it is seal.