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McDonald's brings back fried apple pie for 250th birthday

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McDonald's is reintroducing its original fried apple pie for a limited time to celebrate America's 250th birthday. This iconic dessert, first introduced in 1968, was replaced by a baked version in 1992 due to health concerns. The company is also erecting a 35-foot-tall fried apple pie sculpture on Route 66 in Illinois. AI

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McDonald's brings back fried apple pie for 250th birthday

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press, Dee-Ann Durbin ·

    There’s nothing as American as apple pie. McDonald’s is bringing back its fried apple pie for the first time in 30 years for the country’s 250th

    The fast food company says it uses over 170 million American-grown apples every year in the U.S., and that's before the return of the fried apple pie.

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