Shoo Fly Pie (An Old Lehigh County Recipe)

"A lovely dessert (especially with vanilla ice cream), similar to a pecan pie without the pecans from the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the US Regional Cookbook, Chicago Culinary Arts Institute, 1947."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
2 pies
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ingredients

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directions

  • Make crumbs by combining flour, brown sugar, salt and shortening.
  • Line 2 piepans with pastry.
  • Dissolve soda in hot water and combine with molasses.
  • Pour into pastry lined pans.
  • Top with crumb mixture.
  • Bake in a 450 oven for 10 minutes, then reduce to 350 and bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until firm.

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  1. Very molasses flavored! I will probably add more sugar next time, but maybe should not use the old time black strap molasses, I think there is a lighter kind. Thank you for sharing this old recipe. It brought back such wonderful memories of my childhood.
     
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