Blue-Ribbon Mincemeat Pie Filling

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Ingredients

Directions

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

Being sure not to overbrown it. 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.

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.

Simmer for 30 minutes.

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

Freeze filling until needed.

One baggie will fill one 8 inch double crust pie.

Thaw filling before using.