Deep Dish Apple Pie

Ingredients:

2 ready made frozen pie pastry sheets
2 tbsp lemon juice
6 cups peeled, sliced apples
2/3 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves
3 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp butter cut into pieces


Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425. Fit one sheet of pie pastry into a deep-dish pie plate. To prevent tearing the pastry, roll sheet around a rolling pin, unroll over pie plate.

2. Combine lemon juice and apples in a large bowl. Add 2/3 cup sugar, salt, allspice,cinnamon, cloves and flour toss well.

3. Spread apple mixture over piecrust in dish. Dot with butter. Arrange second pastry over apples. Press to lightly seal edges. Trim overhanging crust.

4. Make 4 slits in top crust, sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 350. Bake until filling bubbles, about 30 minutes longer. Let pie cool completely before slicing.

*Compliments of Easy Everyday Cooking.