Apple Pie Filling

Name: Apple Pie Filling
Ingredients: 8 apples, of various kinds (Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Braeburns, and Granny Smiths); 1 cup sugar; 1 vanilla bean; 1 teaspoon strong cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon allspice; juice of 1 lemon; splash of brandy or cognac

8 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

8 apples, of various kinds (Honeycrisps, Jonagolds, Braeburns, and Granny Smiths)
1 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean
1 teaspoon strong cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
juice of 1 lemon
splash of brandy or cognac

Directions

1

Peel the apples and core them. Slice them into solid slices -- not so thin that they look like paper, and not so thick that you cannot wrap your mouth around them. Put all the slices into a large bowl.
2

Cover the apples with the sugar and stir. Slice the vanilla bean down the middle and scrape out the paste from the inside of it. Put that paste in with the apples and sugar, then cut the shell of the vanilla bean into small strips and let those fall into the apples as well. Cover the apples with the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, lemon juice, and brandy. Stir well, making sure to coat each of the apple slices. Set the bowl aside to let the apples marinate in these juices for at least 2 hours before making the pie.