Bottled Apple Pie Filling

7 quarts peeled sliced cooking apples
4 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
10 cups water
3 tablespoons lemon juice


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Directions:

1
Peel and slice apples.
2
Fill quart jars with apples leaving 1 inch head space.
3
Be sure to pack the apples in there, put a few in and smosh down with the handle of a wooden spoon, then a few more and repeat.
4
Make syrup by combining sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and water.
5
Cook until thick.
6
Add lemon juice.
7
Pour syrup over apples in jar, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
8
Be sure to run your plastic spatula around the inside of the jar to get the air bubbles out.
9
Place the lids on and screw the rings down just finger tight.
10
Process 20 minutes in hot water bath.


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