Title: Apple pie in a jar
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      Yield: 1 Servings
 
     28 c  Peeled; sliced, then
           -quartered *tart* apples
  4 1/2 c  Sugar
      1 c  Cornstarch
      2 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
      1 ts Salt
     10 c  Water
      2 tb Lemon juice
      3 dr Yellow food coloring
      3 tb Dehydrated lemon peel
 
  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, "Pamela's 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.