McDonald’s Apple Pie
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Bramley apple and cinnamon filling is enclosed in shortcrust pastry and presented in an oversized cardboard box during an office snack challenge.
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- After earlier office pimps of a custard cream and a cola bottle, the boss had two teams compete, and the Mockney Sparrows, Andy, Ian, JohnB, JohnE and Marcella, chose a McDonald’s apple pie in the final hour after weeks of office espionage. The ingredients were 5 bags of shortcrust pastry mix, two bags of British Bramley apples, a box of ground cinnamon, 3 blocks of butter, 3 eggs, a lemon and brown sugar, an estimated £24.38. The apples were peeled, chopped and boiled down with lemon, sugar and cinnamon; the pastry mix was mixed with water, rolled and cut to size, spread with the apple sauce and brushed with beaten egg to bond the lid, which was laid, trimmed and glazed with sugar water. The packaging was made while the pie was in the oven, with no temperature or time given, and the pie was reunited with it and eaten, cinnamon and all. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9 · Source 10 · Source 11 · Source 12 · Source 13 · Source 14
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The ingredients were: 5 Bags of short crust pastry mix, two bags of British Bramley apples, one box of ground cinnamon, 3 blocks of butter, 3 eggs, one lemon and brown sugar.
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After pimping a custard cream and a colleague pimping a cola bottle, our boss decided we should captain sides in a team building event. Heading up the ‘Mockney Sparrows’ we left it until the final hour to choose our pimp after deliberating for weeks amidst plenty of office espionage between the two teams.
Our eventual choice was to Pimp a McDonald’s Apple Pie.
The ingredients were: 5 Bags of short crust pastry mix, two bags of British Bramley apples, one box of ground cinnamon, 3 blocks of butter, 3 eggs, one lemon and brown sugar.
Estimated cost: £24.38
Team Members: Andy, Ian, JohnB, JohnE, Marcella.
First the apples were peeled and chopped in order to create the sauce.
The apples were boiled down along with lemon, sugar and cinnamon.
Next the short crust pastry was mixed with water.
Then rolled out and cut to size.
After spreading on the apple sauce, the pastry was brushed with beaten egg to help bond the top layer of pastry.
The top layer of pastry was laid down and trimmed to size, and then it was glazed with sugar water.
Whilst the apple pie was in the oven we began work on the packaging.
After what seemed an eternity, the pie was finally united with its packaging!
And finally a chance to eat it, which was thoroughly enjoyable, but then I do like cinnamon!
