Flapper pie
{{short description|Dessert in Canadian cuisine}}
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| country = Canada
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| type = Custard pie
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| main_ingredient = Graham cracker, custard, meringue
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Flapper pie, or the forgotten Prairie pie, is a vanilla custard pie topped with meringue (or sometimes whipped cream in Southern Saskatchewan){{Cite book |last=Paré |first=Jean |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YjoKScHoa8C&dq=%22Flapper+pie%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA153 |title=Company's Coming Pies |date=1992 |publisher=Company's Coming Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-895455-04-5 |language=en}} within a graham cracker crust.{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=Karlynn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXZ_CwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Flapper+pie%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT43 |title=Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky: A Modern Baker's Guide to Old-Fashioned Desserts: A Baking Book |date=2016-10-25 |publisher=Appetite by Random House |isbn=978-0-449-01696-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Goldstein |first=Darra |title=The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford university press |isbn=978-0-19-931339-6 |location=Oxford New York}}{{Cite web |last=Swiers |first=Autumn |date=2023-10-27 |title=Flapper Pie Is An Underrated Staple Of The Canadian Prairies |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1429950/flapper-pie-underrated-staple-canadian-prairies/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kohlman |first=Renee |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Kohlman: Flapper Pie a forgotten Prairie delicacy |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/life/bridges/kohlman-flapper-pie-a-forgotten-prairie-delicacy |website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix}}{{Cite web |last=JKenyon |date=2024-04-11 |title=Canada's Forgotten Dessert: The History of Flapper Pie |url=https://canadianfoodfocus.org/canadian-food-stories/canadas-forgotten-dessert-the-history-of-flapper-pie/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Canadian Food Focus |language=en-CA}}
The pie is a staple of the Canadian prairie culture. At the Salisbury House chain of restaurants in Winnipeg, it is sold as "wafer pie".
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History
The exact origin of flapper pie is unknown. However, flapper pie became popular across the Canadian Prairies during the 1920s, with the dessert earning its name from flappers. Flapper pie continued to be made during the Depression era due to the recipe only needing simple ingredients. By the 1940s, the pie had faded into obscurity and become "forgotten."
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