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{{short description|Dessert in Canadian cuisine}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Flapper pie
| image = Blackfoot Truckstop Diner - Flapper Pie (16050866996).jpg
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| country = [[Canada]]
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| course =
| type = [[Custard pie]]
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| main_ingredient = [[Graham cracker]], [[custard]], [[meringue]]
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}}{{Canadian cuisine}}
'''Flapper pie''', or the '''forgotten Prairie pie''', is a vanilla [[custard pie]] topped with [[meringue]] (or sometimes whipped cream in Southern Saskatchewan)<ref>{{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}}</ref> within a graham cracker crust.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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}}</ref>

The pie is a staple of the Canadian prairie culture.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> At the [[Salisbury House (restaurant)|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.<ref name=":1" />

== History ==
The exact origin of flapper pie is unknown. However, flapper pie became popular across the Canadian Prairies during the 1920s,<ref name=":2" /> with the dessert earning its name from [[Flapper|flappers]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Flapper pie continued to be made during the [[Great Depression|Depression era]] due to the recipe only needing simple ingredients.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> By the 1940s, the pie had faded into obscurity and become "forgotten."<ref name=":3" />

==See also==
* [[List of custard desserts]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Sweet pies]]
[[Category:Custard desserts]]
[[Category:Meringue desserts]]
[[Category:Cuisine of Manitoba]]

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