The Best Homemade Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1 homemade double pie crust, 2 sheets of pie dough
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest
• juice from half a lemon, 2 tablespoons
• 5 pounds apples, 5 pounds before peeling and coring*
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom, optional
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk, for brushing on pie
• 1 tablespoon beaten egg, optional, for brushing on pie
• 1 tablespoon raw sugar, for topping pie