Cider Apple Pie

8 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 450F.
  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.

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