Mrs. Smith's Homemade Apple Pie

2 Mrs. Smith's 9" deep dish pie crusts
4 1/2 cups granny smith apples - peeled cored and sliced
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons ground cinammon
1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves
1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons apricot preserves or jam, heated

Directions;
1. preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. in a large bowl, combine apples, lemon juice, sugars, salt, cinammon and ground cloves. Let stand for 30 minutes.
3. Strain apples, reserving liquid. Toss apples with cornstarch before transferring to a frozen pie crust.
4. Bring reserved juices to a boil in a medium saucepan. stir until mixture reduces to a syrup.
5. Add butter to syrup and stir until melted.
6. Pour mixture over apple slices in pie crust.
7. With rolling pin, roll second pie crust flat. Using apple-shaped cookie cutter or other decorative shape, cut holes in dough; top pie with crust and bake at 375 for 60 minutes or until juices bubble and apples are golden brown.
8. Warm apricot preserves on low heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Drizzle over top of pie before serving.