Authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Shoo Fly Pie

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	118ml	Baking molasses
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking soda
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Flour
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cinnamon
1		Pastry for 9 inch pie
1		Egg yolk
3/4 cup	177ml	Boiling water
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt

Recipe Instructions

Dissolve soda in boiling water and add to egg and molasses. Set aside. Stir dry ingredients together, mixing well. Cut in shortening until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Pour molasses into pie shell. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over top. Do not stir. Bake at 450F for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350F and bake 20 minutes longer.

Cool and serve.

Source:
The Best of Ethnic Home Cooking, Mary Poulos Wilde

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