Canning Dry Beans
We store our dry beans in a 5 gallon bucket sealed with a gamma lid.
(A great place to find these airtight lids is at www.freckleface.com )
However, sometimes for a quick dinner, it's nice to have some beans canned on the pantry shelf.
This recipe does not presoak or precook the beans!
This will work with Pinto beans, Kidney beans, and Black beans and Great Northern beans.
Here's the skinny:
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| Place 1 cup dry beans plus 1 teaspoon canning salt in each quart jar. When using lighter beans like Great Northern beans, use a little less than a cup. They tend to swell up more than the darker beans.  Allow 1 inch headspace.    A Canner typically holds 7 quarts. The water in the canner should come up to about the shoulder of the jars.   This is the correct pressure for the middle of Ohio. Check with your local extension office to get the correct pressure for your location. BE SURE TO READ AND FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR PRESSURE CANNER!  For lighter beans like Navy beans, Lima beans, and Butter beans use a little less than a cup per quart, they tend to swell up a little more and only process them for 25 minutes. |
Apple Pie filling
It saves lots of time plus they make it more colorful too!
(This is with organic apples) If they are not organic I would peel them.
5 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups clear jel (available at Planktown country market, might be cheaper somewhere else,,but, I was there) :)
1 tablespoon allspice (you could use cinnamon and nutmeg, but we have found that allspice doesn't cause heartburn for a certain man) :)
2 1/2 cups cold water
5 cups apple juice
3/4 cup bottled lemon juice
Slice the apples and cut out the "bad parts" and place in cold water with ascorbic acid added to prevent browning.
Blanch the apples in boiling water for at least a minute. drain.
In a separate pot,
combine sugar, clear jel, allspice with water and apple juice.
Stir and cook on med-high until mixture thickens and begins to bubble.
Add lemon juice and boil one minute stirring constantly. this will be kinda thick
Fold in with the drained apples
Fill 7 qt jars leaving 1 in. headspace
Adjust lids and process in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes (Ohio elevation)
Hope ya like it! ;)
