Classic Apple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

pastry for double-crust 9-inch pie
6 c. thinly sliced, peeled, tart cooking apples
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Preparation

Prepare pastry and let rest while you prepare apples.
Slice apples into large bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Add sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg to apples; mix well.
On a lightly floured board, roll out half of pie pastry to a 12-inch circle.
Place in bottom of a 9-inch pan and, using fingers, gently press dough to side of pan.
Trim any overlapping edges of dough.
Mix apples again with large spoon and turn into pastry-lined pan.
Dot surface with the butter.