Cider Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 6 medium apples (good baking ones, like Granny Smith, MacIntosh or Braeburn)
• cider or apple juice (to cover apples)
• flour (if needed to thicken)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 pie crusts (either store bought or your own recipe)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 450°F.

2. 2

   Line pie pan with crust.

3. 3

   Bake for about five minutes.

4. 4

   Slice other pie crust into strips.

5. 5

   Pare apples, remove seeds, cut into eighths and place in a saucepan; cover with cider.

6. 6

   Cook slowly for about 30 minutes or until soft.

7. 7

   Remove from the heat and if the filling does not seem thick enough, add a little flour thinned with apple juice to prevent lumps.

8. 8

   Sweeten with sugar and add spices.

9. 9

   Pour into pie shell and cover with strips of pie crust, lattice style and bake for 8 minutes at 450F; reduce heat to 350F and continue to bake 25 minutes or until golden.