{{short description|Custard based pie}} {{other uses|Cream pie (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox food | image = Coconut cream pie.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = A slice of coconut cream pie topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut | alternate_name = | country = United States<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-origins-of-key-lime-pie/ | title=Pie fight: Debating the origins of the Key Lime Pie | website=CBS News }}</ref> | region = | creator = | course = | served = | main_ingredient = Pie crust, milk, cream, flour, sugar, eggs | variations = | calories = | other = }} A '''cream pie''', '''crème pie''', or '''creme pie''' is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, sugar, wheat flour, and eggs<ref name="von Starkloff Rombauer Becker Becker 2002">{{cite book | last1=von Starkloff Rombauer | first1=I. | last2=Becker | first2=M.R. | last3=Becker | first3=E. | title=Joy of Cooking: All about pies & tarts | publisher=Scribner | series=Joy of cooking all about series | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-7432-2518-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlOIUX55ROMC&pg=PA73 | access-date=January 29, 2018 | pages=73–77}}</ref> and typically topped with whipped cream.
Cream pies are usually what is used for pieing, or throwing a pie in someone's face.
== Variations == thumb|Banana cream pie for two One notable version is the banana cream pie. Cream pies are made in many other flavors, including vanilla, lemon, lime, peanut butter, coconut, and chocolate.<ref name="von Starkloff Rombauer Becker Becker 2002" />
== Ingredients == Most cream pies have a custard filling and a whipped cream topping. The custard filling is related to crème patissière, a key component of French cakes, and tarts. It is a one-crust pie, where the crust covers the bottom and sides but not the top. The crust may be a standard pastry pie crust, or made with crumbled cookies or a graham cracker crust.
Most cream pies are made with a cooked custard filling. The "Magic Lemon Cream Pie", invented at Borden and attributed to their fictional spokesperson, Jane Ellison, is instead thickened by the room-temperature curdling of a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and lemon juice. This later evolved into Key lime pie.<ref name="parks">{{cite book |first = Stella |last = Parks |title = BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts |year = 2017 |isbn = 978-0393634273 |pages = 171–173 }}</ref>
==Pieing== {{main|Pieing}} [[File:09-September qwest pie throwing 0111 (3957684658).jpg|thumb|Taking a cream pie in the face for charity]]Pieing, or throwing a pie—usually a cream pie—has its origins in the "pie in the face" gag from slapstick comedy. It appears on stage in the music hall sketches of the English theatre impresario Fred Karno.<ref name="Karno">{{cite book |last1=Hopkins |first1=Robert Thurston |author-link=Robert Thurston Hopkins |title=London Pilgrimages |date=1928 |publisher=Brentano's Limited}}</ref> The practice is also used to express disapproval of politicians or other public figures and is sometimes done lightheartedly at charity events, where someone in a position of authority will volunteer to receive a pie in the face from the winning bidder.
== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed> File:2020-01-13 10 39 20 The last slice of a Edwards Hershey's Chocolate Crème Pie in the Dulles section of Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia.jpg|Chocolate Crème Pie File:Chocolate cream pie.JPG|Chocolate cream pie File:Chocolate cream pie.jpg|Chocolate cream pie </gallery>
== Dishes with similar names ==
* Boston cream pie is an American cake that in the past has been referred to locally as a chocolate cream pie * Sugar cream pie is an American custard pie
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * List of pies, tarts and flans * Melktert * Banana cream pie {{div col end}}
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