Homestead Series How To Can Cherry Pie Filling

It is cherry season!! My favorite way to buy cherries for canning is prepitted in 5 kg buckets. Its cheaper and saves a lot of time.

Sorry the recipe wont fit well in the sidebar. The first amount listed is for 1 quart jar, the second is for the 7 jar batch.
I have included the link to the website with the recipe.

CHERRY PIE FILLING
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod01/01600844.html Quantities of Ingredients Needed For 1 Quart 7 Quarts




Fresh or thawed sour cherries 3-1/3 cups 6 quarts




Granulated sugar 1 cup 7 cups




Clear Jel 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp 1-3/4 cups




Cold water 1-1/3 cups 9-1/3 cups




Bottled lemon juice 1 tbsp + 1tsp 1/2 cup




Cinnamon (optional) 1/8 tsp 1 tsp




Almond extract (optional) 1/4 tsp 2 tsp




Red food coloring (optional) 6 drops 1/4 tsp




QUALITY: Select fresh, very ripe, and firm cherries.
Unsweetened frozen cherries may be used. If sugar has
been added, rinse it off while the fruit is still frozen.

YIELD: 1 quart or 7 quarts

PROCEDURE: Rinse and pit fresh cherries, and hold in
cold water. To prevent stem end browning, use ascorbic
acid solution (see ascorbic acid). For fresh fruit, place
6 cups at a time in 1 gallon boiling water. Boil each
batch 1 minute after the water returns to a boil. Drain
but keep heated fruit in a covered bowl or pot. Combine
sugar and Clear Jel in a large saucepan and add water.
If desired, add cinnamon, almond extract, and food
coloring. Stir mixture and cook over medium high heat
until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Add lemon
juice and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Fold in
drained cherries immediately and fill jars with mixture
without delay, leaving 1 inch headspace. Adjust lids and
process immediately.

Recommended process time for CHERRY PIE FILLING
in a boiling-water canner Process Time at Altitudes of




Style Jar 0- 1,001- 3,001- Above




of Pack Size 1,000 ft 3,000 ft 6,000 ft 6000 ft




Hot Pints 30 min 35 40 45 or Quarts




http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod01/01600844.html

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[dancechick1231]

Why do the lids have to come off?

[HomesteadAcres]

The rings can trap moisture and cause the lids to rust. Its the lids not the rings that seal the jar.  Also you can reuse the rings, so taking them off means you need to buy less of them.

[GoatHollow]

I've never done cherry pie filling. Seems like the acid content would be too low for water bath canning.

[HomesteadAcres]

Actually it's really no different then cherry jam. The recipe is from a government tested kitchen I left the link in the side bar. You can find similar recipes in many canning books. The difference is most of them use corn starch instead of clear jell. So they have you leave it out and add it just before you bake the pie.

I've been making it for a few years and so far no problems. Well except keeping enough of oh hand, everyone likes it so much. lol :-p

[HomesteadAcres]

nice vide hun keep em comming!!

[chivone21]

If there are bubbles coming out of those bottles, that will tell me that air is coming out, and water is going in! Am I wrong on this? I've seen this before, and I would think that my bottles are "leaking". Also, where do you buy those bulk pitted cherries like that, and what was that gel you are using? I've never heard of it.

Thanks

[AngelikavonDeutschla]

I wished we were neighbors. I have learned and grown up with family members in my family, who activly canned and bringing in our harvest this way. This is now what I am doing for my tiny 2 family home. I can in the blessings of our harvest. I do not know what went wrong, but my 86 onions this year did not grow. We had a terribly rainy spring. Any ideas about onions?Why do you take the rings off? I leave my on? Is this wrong to leave them on?

[AngelikavonDeutschla]

I wished we were neighbors. I have learned and grown up with family members in my family, who activly canned and bringing in our harvest this way. This is now what I am doing for my tiny 2 family home. I can in the blessings of our harvest. I do not know what went wrong, but my 86 onions this year did not grow. We had a terribly rainy spring. Any ideas about onions?

[polidori99]

God bless you and your family. I love your videos and the simplicity of your life. I wish it was possible to live like this in England but property prices are so huge it will always be a dream

[orchidoutlaw]

so wat if someone wants to use your name they could have a homestead to



[utubethpa]

what was the timer set for?

[MsClaudia74]

Can you make a video on how you use this cherry pie filling. Maybe a pie :)

[Polypropellor]

I am completely charmed. You are so pleasant and at rest with your canning.

I am going to try it for my family. What wonderful gifts it will make.

Thank you very much.

[dancechick1231]

Thanks for the info!

[katiatomsk]

One small tip I found this year. I have very hard water also and my jars where coming out dusty white. But I found out that if I put a few tablespoons of vinegar in the canning water before I add the jars, the jars come out clear and clean looking.

It is really not a big deal, but this year I have clear jars. It is good if you are gifting your canning.

I never knew you should take the rings off. No wonder my rings often have a little rust. Thanks for that tip.