Zero-waste apple pie recipe: Turning stale rolls into a sweet treat
A few dry rolls, a couple of apples, a bit of milk, and some eggs— that's all it takes to impress your loved ones with a "fake" apple pie. The fact that it's made from stale bread doesn't detract from it at all. What's more, thanks to this practice, such a dessert becomes a real hit among zero-waste recipes.
4:28 PM EDT, August 4, 2024
A cake made from dry rolls will find its place on any table. It's quick, and the result is truly surprising, especially since it's filled with delicious, juicy apples. This zero-waste apple pie should be in your recipe book.
What to do with dry rolls?
There are plenty of ways to give dry rolls a second life, and one of them is making a moist apple pie. The ingredient list is kept to a minimum, allowing you to make a cake from dry rolls with what you have in your kitchen pantry.
Remember that preparing cakes with apples requires choosing the right varieties for baking. Otherwise, the apple pie might be tasteless or soggy. The best choices are: Gray and Golden Reinette, Champion variety, Ligol, Lobo, or Antonovka.
Apple pie from dry rolls: recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 pounds of apples
- 6 stale rolls
- 3 eggs
- 6 cups of milk
- 3 ounces of sugar
- Cinnamon
Preparation:
- Heat the milk. When it starts to boil, pour it over the rolls and set everything aside for 15 minutes.
- Wash and peel the apples. Cut half into slices and the other half into small cubes.
- Drain the rolls from the milk, add eggs, sugar, yolks, and knead everything into a smooth mass.
- Add the diced apples to the mass and mix.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently fold them into the mass.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Put the dough on it, place the sliced apples on top, and sprinkle everything with cinnamon.
- Bake the cake at 350°F for 45 minutes.
