Instructions: Make a syrup from sugar, constarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and water. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Add lemon juice mix with apples, pack into jars leaving a good 1/2 inch at top of jar. Seal and process jars in water bath for 20 minutes.

Makes about 7 quarts of filling. After jars are completely cooled, I unscrew the ring and cut large circles of holiday-ish tissue paper, put over the lid, then gently put screw the ring back on.

I then make labels on my computer with cardstock and a Christmas graphic, titled, "Pamelas Apple Pie in a Jar", punch a hole in the top, which I tie with raffia around lids that have the recipe for the crumb topping below:

1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup flour
Process til crumbly.

Stir in:
1 cup oatmeal

Spread on top of filling in a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Top with ice cream or whipped cream while warm.

Note: For my small family, I can filling in pint size jars and bake in a 8x8 pan.

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