Roll out pastry and cut into squares enough to cover apples completely. Peel and core apples. Roll in lemon juice, then roll in white sugar and cinnamon combined. Place on pastry square.
Stuff core cavity with brown sugar, butter, brown sugar in equal parts. (The amount depends on size of core cavity, just stuff full.) Fold pastry up around apple to completely enclose it, place in pan.
Prepare sugar sauce by mixing water, sugar, vanilla, butter, nutmeg and mace and boiling for 1 minute. Let cool slightly. Pour over apples. Bake in 375 F oven for 1 hour. Serve warm.
