Anórien Apple Hand Pies

• 4 cups diced apples
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup white sugar, more or less depending on your liking
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, optional
• 2 - 4 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, to your taste
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to your taste
• Pinch of cloves, to your taste, optional
• 1 cup apple juice or water (apple juice gives more flavor if you use it)

• Sprinkle lemon juice over apples in saucepan.
• Mix next four ingredients together and add to apples.
• Mix well.
• Add very hot juice to pan, (I microwave juice for 2 minutes) cook, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Cut out pasty dough into rounds. Fill one side of the pastry with apple filling - but careful not to over fill. 
• Using your finger, wet it with water and run finger around the outside edge of the dough and fold over other half of dough to form the pastry.  Press edges together. 
• With a fork, seal the edges of the pastry.
• Bake 375 on center oven rack for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Source: Food.com