Flapper Pie – Vanilla custard pie with meringue in a cinnamon-graham cracker crust. Doesn’t that sound yummy?
This is a wonderful Canadian dessert that originated in the Prairies in the 1920s. They called it Flapper pie because it was popularized in the same era as the Flapper girls – fabulous!
Flappers were modern, young girls in the 1920s, often with a slightly immoral behavior. Precursors of the 1920s flapper were both, the late Victorian ‘New Woman’ and the Edwardian ‘Gibson Girl’.
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Flapper Pie
Vanilla custard pie with meringue in a cinnamon-graham cracker crust. Doesn't that sound yummy?
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Servings: 6
Calories: 512kcal
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups graham crackers crumbs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Filling
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup corn starch
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup sugar, melted butter, and cinnamon in a bowl. Reserve 1/4 cup for topping the pie. Press the remaining crumb mixture in the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Bake the crust in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.
- Heat the milk in a saucepan over medium-high heat. In a non-plastic bowl, whisk together the 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, and vanilla. When the milk is hot but not boiling, slowly pour the milk in a steady stream into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Return the custard to the saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon or a heat-proof spatula. Cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes over low heat until the custard has thickened. Pour the custard into the graham cracker crust.
- Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
- Beat the egg whites until medium peaks form; add 2 tablespoons of sugar and beat until the meringue is stiff. Scoop out the meringue on top of the custard filling. Sprinkle the meringue with the reserved graham cracker crumbs.
- Place the pie under the broiler and bake until the meringue starts to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 512kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 151mg | Sodium: 366mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 800IU | Calcium: 185mg | Iron: 1mg
