Fruit Crisp in a Jar

Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Prepare ten 16-ounce jars.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar, oats and Crisco. Using a pastry cutter or forks, cut the Crisco into the dry ingredients until you have a coarse crumb. Spoon a couple of tablespoons of the crisp topping in the bottom of each jar.

Fill the jar with fruit (about 1 cup each jar). Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar over the top of the fruit in each jar. Add a few more tablespoons of crisp topping over the top of the fruit.

Place the jars on a sheet pan. Place the sheet pan in the oven and bake for about 45-50 minutes. When the fruit crisp in a jar is baked, the fruit will be bubbling and the topping golden brown.

Let the crisps cool until you can pull the jars off of the pan with your hands. Serve hot or cool with freshly whipped cream.