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Sugar pie

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Sugar pie
Sugar pie from northern France
Alternative namesSugar cream pie, finger pie, tarte au sucre
TypePie
Main ingredientsFlour, butter, sugar

Sugar pie is a dessert in northern French and Belgian cuisine, where it is called tarte au sucre. It is also popular in Canada.

Various type of tarte au sucre are made. Some are a leavened dough topped with beet sugar or brown sugar, others have a crust containing a homogeneous sugar mixture which is similar to caramel after baking. The French Canadian version of the dessert sometimes uses maple syrup.[1]

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  1. ^ "Canadian Comfort Food: A collection of uniquely Canadian Cuisine". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.