Flapper pie

Flapper pie
TypeCustard pie
Place of originCanada
Main ingredientsGraham cracker, custard, meringue

Flapper pie, or the forgotten Prairie pie, is a vanilla custard pie topped with meringue (or sometimes whipped cream in Southern Saskatchewan)[1] within a graham cracker crust.[2][3][4][5][6]

The pie is a staple of the Canadian prairie culture.[2][4][5] At the Salisbury House chain of restaurants in Winnipeg, it is sold as "wafer pie".

  1. ^ Paré, Jean (1992). Company's Coming Pies. Company's Coming Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-895455-04-5.
  2. ^ a b Johnston, Karlynn (2016-10-25). Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky: A Modern Baker's Guide to Old-Fashioned Desserts: A Baking Book. Appetite by Random House. ISBN 978-0-449-01696-1.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Darra (2015). The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets. Oxford New York: Oxford university press. ISBN 978-0-19-931339-6.
  4. ^ a b Swiers, Autumn (2023-10-27). "Flapper Pie Is An Underrated Staple Of The Canadian Prairies". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  5. ^ a b Kohlman, Renee (March 18, 2021). "Kohlman: Flapper Pie a forgotten Prairie delicacy". Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
  6. ^ JKenyon (2024-04-11). "Canada's Forgotten Dessert: The History of Flapper Pie". Canadian Food Focus. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

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