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Blue-Ribbon Mincemeat Pie Filling

Blue-Ribbon Mincemeat Pie Filling is built on Lean Ground Beef, Ground Cinnamon, and White Sugar. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 6 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 3 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Directions: 1 In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground beef thoroughly.

2. 2

   Being sure not to overbrown it.

3. 3

   2 Place chopped apples and the cooked ground beef in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is made up of pea sized chunks.

4. 4

   3 In a non-reactive skillet combine the apple and ground beef mixture with the raisins, apple cider or brandy, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground nutmeg and the white sugar.

5. 5

   Simmer for 30 minutes.

6. 6

   4 Cool filling to lukewarm and pour into freezer bags (2 cups per bag).

7. 7

   Freeze filling until needed.

8. 8

   One baggie will fill one 8 inch double crust pie.

9. 9

   Thaw filling before using.