I was looking for a new way to make apple pie and well this one is just delicious...I dont own a dutch oven so I placed all ingredients in my slow cooker and let simmer for a while...thak goodness it turned out great...thanks

This an easy pie filling when you want to make just a few batches. I scales it down to 10 servings which was exactly right for two pies. I made it a few days in advance and kept it in the fridge for my company so I can't so how well it freezes; however, it did do very well in the fridge and made great pies!

Recipe is very easy and tastes very well. I did though add a bit more cinnamon to the recipe. Can't wait to make a pie out of this filling.

5 Stars with only 3-4 cups of water. I read other reviews and cut the water down to 4 cups to 18 cups of apples and you could still reduce to 3 cups. Easy to make and turned out great, I used a variety of apples from many different neighbors and it tasted great in the end. I also reduced the sugar to 2 cups as I wanted something on the less sweet side. A great recipe.

Used about 28 cups of apples, and only 5 cups of water. Made 4 pies.

I have made this several times, and it's always been great. I do think that the recipe as it's stated has too much sauce for the amount of apples, so I cut the liquid amount in half and use more apples than called for.

I made this filling for an apple coffee cake and it turned out fantastic!

this is pretty good...

Too much water, too much sugar, and not enough cinnamon. Also took much longer that the stated time to cook.

The other reviewers are right, you do not need that much water. I think I used 5 cups and used an entire bag of Golden Delicious apples.

I made and froze this in September, when we went apple-picking, but didn't use any until yesterday. It was very nice not to have to peel apples on Thanksgiving morning! I also followed the advice of other reviewers and reduced the water to 5 cups (but didn't reduce the cornstarch), and increased the apples to 24 cups. I prefer a sweeter apple for my pies (Cortland (doesn't brown too quickly), Fuji, Rome Beauty) so I will reduce the sugar to 2 to 2 1/2 cups the next time I make this (I usually use streusel topping, and this also adds plenty of sugar). Also, my favorite filling includes ginger and mace, so I will be including those spices the next time I make this. I will definitely use this recipe as a starting point. Thanks, Terri! Updtate: One of my boys wanted an apple cake for his birthday, so I used one of my containers of this filling: 1/3 blended into a yellow cake mix along with a bunch of cinnamon, 1/3 to fill between the layers, and 1/3 to top the cake (sort of like a German Chocolate Cake works). Then I frosted the sides with a tub of purchased cream cheese frosting, to which I had added more cinnamon, some ground ginger, and a little nutmeg. It was beautiful, and tasted fabulous! I've got to upgrade my rating from 4 stars to 5.

i scaled this one down but ended up making multiple batches. absolutely amazing..makes a great gift jar!! made apple pie lovers out of non believers! problem occured.....several weeks later...the jars exploded.....the whole canning idea is not very good...but this recipe is incredible!!

This apple pie filling was SOOOOOOO yummy, I was fighting to keep my daughter and her spoon out of the saucepan that I was cooking them in! However, I used it to make apple crepes, so I didn't need as much as this recipe called for, so I reduced the servings & scaling from 40 to 4. The only other thing I changed about the recipe is that I doubled the amount of apples (I used Golden Delicious) because it was too saucy with the amount of apples the recipe called for. Apple pie is next and I can't wait to make one with this recipe! Thank you so much for posting it! :)

Cut the recipe in half and topped the Chocolate Chip pancake (sans the choc. chips)on this website. It was a huge hit. Delish!

I used the other reviews to make this recipe, then put it in pie tins like the frozen peach pie recipe. When I needed to make a pie, I simply slipped it in the pie crust. It turned out great.

If you are using apples that you picked yourself, you can reduce the water by 2 cups as the apples are juicier. I froze this apple pie filling and gave some to my sister and my mother. It was a big hit!

I scaled down to serve 8. It was tasty and I will make again.