Our town has many, many crab apple trees! So many, that neighbors will leave bags or buckets of them on your doorstep, or call you repeatedly to come "please, PLEASE pick as many as you can!" This year, my wonderfully generous neighbor offered her tree for my use, while they were at the lake. I had just pinned a yummy looking canned apple pie filling I wanted to try, so I jumped at the chance of free apples! I ended up making 2 batches of pie filling, and 2 batches of spiced applesauce. Both are HUGE hits in my house!! Here are the recipes I used, and how I used my apple pie filling :)
Apple Pie Filling
6 cups prepared apples
1/2 cup water
1 TBSP flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 TBSP lemon juice
Steam apples & water until apples are soft. Remove from heat & stir in remaining ingredients, until sugar is dissolved. Ladle into hot jars, or Ziploc bags, & freeze. Easy peasy!!
I had 2 jars of filling that didn't seal, so I decided to make apple tartlets, with a twist. 30 tarts were gone in 2 days!! With many, many requests I make them all them time! Here is what I did!
Caramel Apple Tarts
Tart shells (I cannot make pastry to save my life, so I use packaged ones)
Apple Pie Filling
Caramel sauce (I used ice cream topping)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
Put filling & caramel sauce in tart shells. Mix together sugar & butter, and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350*F about 25 minutes, or until shells are golden brown.
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