How to Can Apples at Home; Step by Step

A tried and true staple in the pantry is canned apples. Today I am teaching you a step-by-step way to can apples at home. Canned Apples can admittedly seem a little boring with all the other lovely options we have available for preserving our apples. The plus side is that canned apples become an ingredient for so many other wonderful recipes. You can eat the apples plain or make apple crisp, apple pie, cinnamon apple pancakes (one of my favorites), apple bread, or apple muffins. Your choices are limited only by your imagination. Add to that, the ease of making canned apples, and this becomes a much more acceptable recipe for preserving the harvest.

Canned Apples

This recipe makes 7 quarts of Canned Apples

Ingredients

• 19 lbs apples

• 1/4 cup sugar per jar

• hot water

How to Can and Preserve Fresh Apples

The following directions will make 7-10 quart jars of canned Apples.

• Peel, core, and slice 19 pounds of apples.

  

• Cook apples for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

  

• Using a jar funnel, place apple slices in hot jars.

• Top apple slices with 1/4 cup of sugar per jar.

• Fill with hot water leaving a 1/2 inch headspace.

• Place the lid on top of the jar and add the ring. Tighten the ring to fingertip tight. (For quality, American made Superb canning lids and jars follow this link and use the coupon code WP20 to get 20% off your purchase.) 

• Process in a boiling water bath canner for 20 minutes if at sea level. (Remember to adjust your processing time if higher than 1000 feet elevation.)

• Once your apples have completed the appropriate time in the boiling water bath canner, turn off the heat and allow them to cool for 5 minutes. Then, take them out and sit them on a  heat resistant surface about 1-2 inches apart. Allow them to cool completely for 24 hours.

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  After they have sealed well, remove the rings and wash the threads and outside of the jars.

• If your jar of Apples did not seal, place them in the fridge and use them immediately. Store the sealed jars in your cool, dry pantry to enjoy for the next 1-3 years. After three years the nutritional value of canned food diminishes.

  

If you have any questions about canning with the boiling water canner or how to adjust the pressure or processing time for altitude, take a look at my canning basics videos.