Meaning of cream pie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pie, usually filled with fruit, topped with whipped cream.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. A pie filled entirely with cream, used as a prop in slapstick films and television.
   countable, uncountable
3. A cookie (dessert) consisting of two soft cookies (especially oatmeal cookies) with a layer of creamy or marshmallowy filling in the middle.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“The young men and women slinging plate lunches and mammoth slices of cream pie on the tables recall the energetic waitresses from the good old days.”

“The best thing about cream pie cookies? You have permission to eat two cookies instead of one, since it takes two to make a proper sandwich. But now there's a new problem: limiting yourself to just one cream pie. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cream Pies[…] To make the cookies, […] To make the filling, […] To assemble the cream pies, spread about 1 tablespoon of buttercream filling on the flat (bottom) side of 1 cookie. Top with another cookie.”

“ASSEMBLE THE CREAM PIES: Place about 1 to 2 tablespoons of filling on the underside of one cookie and top with an additional cookie.”

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