SWEET APPLE WEDGES

Yield: 3 bottles
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Serving: For Family

By Bonita's Kitchen August 23, 2020

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If you are looking to bottle some fresh or bruised apples, you are in the right place. Maybe you are just looking for a tasty quick apple dessert you are in the right place as well. I don't like waste in this day in age where food is plentiful and so many people don't have access to fresh and accessible food. So way waste it, I have a recipe and video here you can follow to bottle some apple wedges. Plus I have a recipe on how to open the bottled sweet apple wedges and turn into a delicious dessert.

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APPLES

Where do I start, you can use any type of apples for this recipe because its not about the apples its about the method. Peel and wedge your apples of choice and toss in a bowl and top with lemon juice to help keep the from browning and the flavour with a citrus base. Then get your saucepan ready with half full of water, start to boil and add apple wedges and sea salt to part boil your apples.

EASY STEPS TO BOTTLED SWEET APPLE WEDGES

I hope you ready to make your own bottled sweet apple wedges, they are lovely for a rainy day when you are just looking for the prefect dessert or comfort food. No fuss and no mess just open the bottle have them just like that or pop into a saucepan and mix in 1 tbsp of cornstarch and let come to a boil. Serve hot or cold make a apple pie, apple crisps or apple crumble, whatever you wish.

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Ingredients

Apples - 6 to 8 cups or more
Brown sugar - 1 cup
Cinnamon - 1 tsp
Nutmeg - 1/8 tsp
Sea salt - 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1/2 lemon or more
Water - 2 cups, plus water to boil apples
Apple juice - 1 cup less sugar

Instructions

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

PLEASE NOTE:

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.

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

Sterilizing and Canning Procedures

Method:

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.

1. 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.

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

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

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read our blog and recipe, we do have a short video tutorial you can watch if you wish to take a extra few minutes. This method for SWEET APPLE WEDGES is simple and so convenient to have available for when you are looking for a nice healthy dessert with some frozen yogurt and granola.

I hope I’ve made you interested in bottling these sweet apple wedges, I always say a rainy day dessert when you just don’t know what to make and you need a little quick dessert.

NOW HOW SWEET IS THAT!

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