Apple Pie Filling for Pies

• 4 cups diced apples
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1⁄ 2 cup sugar, depending on sweetness of apples, to taste
• 2 -4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, to your taste
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to your taste
• 1 cup apple juice or 1 cup water, if you don't have juice, try to have juice, it adds to the flavor

1. Sprinkle lemon juice over apples in a saucepan.
2. Mix the next four ingredients together and add to apples.
3. Mix well.
4. Add very hot juice to the pan, (I microwave juice for 2 minutes) and cook, stirring constantly until thickened.
5. Remove from heat and cool.
6. Fill a well-chilled 9-inch pastry-lined pan and cover with top crust.
7. Bake on the lowest rack at 425* for 10 minutes, and finish baking on the center rack until bubbling, about 20 minutes more.