Shoofly Pie

Name: Shoofly Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Pastry for 2-Crust Pie; ½ tsp. baking soda; ¼ c. shortening; 2 c. sifted flour; ½ c. sugar; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 c. hot water; 1 c. light molasses or cane syrup; 1 c. light molasses or cane syrup

Preparation info

Makes
10 to 12
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Originally a breakfast pie—favored now for coffee party refreshments

Ingredients

Pastry for 2-Crust Pie
2 c. sifted flour
½ c. sugar

Americas
United States
Breakfast
Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Line 2 (8") pie pans with pastry; flute edges.
Combine flour, sugar, ½ tsp. baking soda and shortening and mix to make crumbs. Divide crumbs evenly between 2 pastry-lined pie pans and spread in smooth layers.
Combine molasses, 1 tsp. baking soda and hot water. Pour over crumbs in pie pans.
Bake in moderate oven