Canned Fruit Pie Filling Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Thaw fruit in a microwave oven in the fruit storage bag on the defrost cycle in 3 minute cycles, until the fruit is softened.
• Or submerge the bag of frozen fruit in tepid water 10-30 minutes, changing the water as it gets too cold.
• Drain the liquid from the bag and toss the fruit with flour, sugar and salt.
• Transfer to a prepared pie shell. Top with a crust or a crumb topping.
• Bake at 375 F until fruit is bubbly and crust in lightly browned, 25-35 minutes.

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Prepare the pastry, roll it out, and line the pie plate. Prick the pastry bottom with a fork and chill until firm. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Completely blind-bake the shell.
• In a food processor or using a fork, mash 1 1/2 cups of the cut-up mixed fruit or berries. Measure the sugar, cornstarch, and water into a saucepan and whisk until smooth. Stir in the mashed fruit and cook over medium-low heat for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the mixture is thick and clear. Stir in the lemon juice.
• Taste the cooked sauce and correct the balance of sugar and lemon if necessary. Stir in the butter and all the remaining cut-up fresh fruit and berries. Firm fruits like apples or plums are best slightly mashed into the cooked sauce, while softer fresh fruits and berries should simply be stirred in. Chill until partially thickened, then spoon into the cooked pastry shell and chill for at least 3 hours to set. Serve with ice cream or sweetened whipped cream.