Pre-Cooked Apple Pie Filling

5 from 3 votes

Pre-Cooked Apple Pie Filling is a gooey and caramelly homemade pie filling, perfect for pies, apple crisp, and all your favorite apple desserts. Or serve warm over cake, pancakes, or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 267kcal

Author: Cara Lanz

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
8 cups apple slices 8-10 medium apples peeled, and cored. I use a mix of tart and sweet, such as Pink Lady, Granny Smith, and Honeycrisp.
1 tablespoon flour
½ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon ginger
1 pinch cayenne pepper ⅛ teaspoon or less, optional
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the apples. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add the flour, brown sugar, spices, and salt. Reduce heat to medium. Stir and cook 5-7 minutes* or until the apples are fork-tender.
While the apples are cooking, mix the cornstarch and granulated sugar together in a small bowl.
Sprinkle cornstarch mixture over the apples. Stir for about 3 minutes or until the mixture is bubbly and thickened.
Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and lemon juice.
Serve warm over ice cream, cake, or pancakes. Or cool completely and bake in a pie shell.

Notes

This recipe yields about 4 cups of apple pie filling and enough filling for one 9" pie.

Cook time of apples may vary depending on the variety.

You can substitute apple pie spice for the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger.

Cool the apple pie filling completely before baking in a pie crust.

To quickly cool the cooked filling, spread it in an even layer on a baking sheet and pop it in the fridge.

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