Friendly Amish Shoo Fly Pie

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    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

    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
       
    2. Dissolve the soda in the molasses and stir until it foams. Add the boiling water and salt.
       
    3. 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.
       
    4. Bake in  oven for about 30 minutes or until the crumbs and crust are golden.

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    Soda wont dissolve and foam in the molasses when stirred. Any help/suggestions?

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