Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling Recipe

Ingredients

• Blueberry Almond Dump Cake
• Blueberry Pie Filling
• Makes 1 quart*
• 4 cups fresh blueberries
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup plus 1 T clear-jel
• 1 cup blueberry juice or water
• 3 1/2 t lemon juice (bottled)
• Step 1:
• Select blueberries
• Fresh is best, hand picked even better
• Step 2:
• Wash jars and lids
• Dishwasher is great for this or wash jars in hot, soapy water, rinse well
• Keep jars in hot water until ready to use or keep jars in the dishwasher on "heated dry" cycle
• Step 3:
• Wash and sort blueberries
• Remove any bits of stems, leaves and soft or mushy berries
• Step 4:
• Blanch blueberries
• Place berries, (up to 8 cups at a time) in a large pot with at least 1 gallon of boiling water
• Boil each batch for 1 minute after water returns to a boil
• Drain and keep hot fruit in a covered bowl
• Step 5:
• Mix 1/4 cup plus 1 T clear jel with 3/4 cup sugar in a large pot
• Stir in 1 cup water or blueberry juice
• Heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble
• Add 3 1/2 t lemon juice, stirring constantly
• Step 6:
• Fold the warm blueberries into hot liquid
• Stir gently
• Step 7:
• Fill jars with blueberry mixture
• Remove air bubbles
• Fill jars to within 1 inch of tops
• Wipe any spilled filling off the rims
• Seat lid and tighten the ring
• Step 8:
• Process filled jars in hot water bath
• Put the filled jars in the canner and keep the jars covered with at least 1 inch of boiling water
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