Friendly Amish Shoo Fly Pie
Show a friend you care by baking them a pie. Friendly Amish Shoo Fly Pie is a wonderfully simple pie that's sweetness is subtle and delightful. As with all Amish cooking, your first bite will warm your heart.
Ingredients
- pastry for a one-crust, 9
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- pinch salt
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or lard
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Dissolve the soda in the molasses and stir until it foams. Add the boiling water and salt.
- Mix the flour, butter, sugar and cinnamon into crumbs. Pour 1/3 of the liquid into the unbaked crust. Sprinkle 1/3 of the crumbs over the liquid. Continue with alternating layers, putting the final 1/3 of the crumbs on top.
- Bake in oven for about 30 minutes or until the crumbs and crust are golden.
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winterowl 0806254
Mar 18, 2012
Soda wont dissolve and foam in the molasses when stirred. Any help/suggestions?
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