Desperation pies

Desperation pies
Type	Pie
Place of origin	United States

TypePie

Place of originUnited States

Desperation pies are pies in American cuisine made using staple ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs and flour, and making use of other ingredients that cooks had on hand to substitute for ingredients that were out of season or too expensive. These pies were more common before refrigeration and canned pie fillings, and during times of hardship like the Great Depression and rationing of World War II.^[1]^[2]

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