Flapper pie

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]}

Flapper pie

Type	Custard pie
Place of origin	Canada
Main ingredients	Graham cracker, custard, meringue

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".

Additional ingredients

Whiskey, peach leaves, lemon peel, or vanilla may be added to the custard filling of flapper pie.^[4]

History

The exact origin of flapper pie is unknown. However, flapper pie became popular across the Canadian Prairies during the 1920s,^[5] with the dessert earning its name from flappers.^[4][6] Flapper pie continued to be made during the Depression era due to the recipe only needing simple ingredients.^[4][5][6] By the 1940s, the pie had faded into obscurity and become "forgotten."^[6]

See also

• List of custard desserts

References

1. Paré, Jean (1992). Company's Coming Pies. Company's Coming Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-895455-04-5.
2. 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. Swiers, Autumn (2023-10-27). "Flapper Pie Is An Underrated Staple Of The Canadian Prairies". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
5. 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.