Vanilla Bean Pear Pie Filling
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4 quarts 1x
- Category: Pie filling/dessert
Ingredients
Scale
- 18 medium-sized pears of different varieties that are ripened to the point of being slightly soft
- 2 cups sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 vanilla beans cut lengthwise
Instructions
- Wash, peel, core and slice pears. In a large bowl mix pears with remaining ingredients other than the vanilla bean and let stand for thirty minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Place pear mixture in a large kettle and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens.
- Before you add the pears, just throw half of a vanilla bean that was split lengthwise in the jar. Try to handle it carefully to keep as many seeds in there as possible instead of on your fingers.
- After boiling the mixture, pour into warmed jars.
- Firmly pack the mixture down in the jar, wipe the lip of the jar and place canning lid on top. Secure the metallic ring around the jar.
- Place jars in a water bath for twenty minutes.
- When ready to bake as a pie, add to a blind-baked pie crust using the pie crust recipe of your choice.
Find it online: https://www.weaversorchard.com/pear-pie-filling/