{"id":370,"date":"2011-08-09T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2011-09-07T09:07:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T12:07:40","slug":"pie-in-a-jar-cherry-chicken-pot-pie-in-a-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amandamackay.com\/handmade-blog\/2011\/08\/pie-in-a-jar-cherry-chicken-pot-pie-in-a-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pie in a Jar Cherry – Chicken Pot Pie in a Jar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pie in a jar is AWESOME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

So my good friend Cheryl came over the other night and I was telling her about all of my canning adventures! I was thinking of making apple pie filling in a jar, and she suggested making the whole pie.. I looked at her sorta puzzled and then googled it and fell in love!!!!<\/p>\n

I made these right away and used a little cookie cutter heart to chop the middle out.<\/p>\n

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I also made Chicken Pot Pie in a jar, <\/strong>I liked that more then I did the cherry pie in a jar. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructions
\n1. Make a crust
\nI made 2 different crusts, one\u00a0Pillsbury\u00a0pre made, and one was boxed robin hood when you add water(ok yea I know both cheating but I was lazy:) The robin hood brand was better in my\u00a0opinion.<\/p>\n

2. Coat the inside of the jar.
\nAll you do is squish the crust in the jar, in pieces or try and get one piece in, I just made a dough puzzle(as you can see the cracks the filling came through:) squish it in the jar and cover the sizes.<\/p>\n

3. Cut the cover.
\nThis is easy, take the mason jar ring to cut the top, or do strips, or make a crumble! Make sure to make holes, or as I did, a heart hole!<\/p>\n

4. Fill them.
\nI love chicken pot pie filling, cherry canned filling, fresh apples, pumpkin pie! so many options.<\/p>\n

5. Freeze or Bake?
\nI froze 6 of mine for easy suppers or desert for friends, or gifts! To bake: remove lids from jars and place jars on a baking sheet. Place baking sheet in a COLD oven. Then turn the oven to 375. That will give the jars a chance to warm up slowly as the oven preheats. If you\u2019re really worried you can always let them sit at room temp for a bit first before putting them in a cold oven. Bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the middles are bubbly. If you\u2019re baking them fresh and not frozen they take about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Chicken Pot Pie Filling \u00a0Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n