Icebox pie
Icebox pies are no-bake pies including ice cream pies,
Ingredients
Common ingredients used in the filling include whipped cream,
Some ice box pie fillings are made with gelatin; a 1937 recipe for strawberry icebox pie starts by whisking fruit flavored gelatin to an egg white consistency and combining with fresh fruit. Poured over a vanilla wafer crust to set, the pie is topped with fresh whipped cream. The same basic recipe can be modified using other fruits like peaches or raspberries. Custard pies are made similarly, replacing the gelatin with a simple homemade custard filling, topped with fresh or canned fruits (especially cherries).[4]
History
Icebox pies were originally kept cool in an icebox, used to store perishables when most farming households in the United States had neither electricity nor refrigeration. Because they required no baking they were popular during the summer when it was too hot to bake.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "What Are Icebox Pies and Why Are Southerners So Crazy About Them?". Southern Living.
- ^ a b "Ice box pie history". What's Cooking America. 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Old-fashioned icebox pies are easy and delicious". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ The Star Press, Muncie, Indiana, 08 May 1937