Evies Shoofly Pie Recipes

AMISH WET BOTTOM SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• For the wet mixture: Add 2 c. brown sugar and eggs to a mixing bowl and beat well. Add molasses.
• Bring water to boiling, remove from heat and add 1 tsp. baking soda. Stir.
• Add soda/water mixture to egg mixture. Mix.
• Let this mixture cool while you prepare the crumb mixture.
• For crumb mixture: Mix flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, & cream of tartar in a mixing bowl.
• Add butter (cut in slices) and shortening. Using pastry blender, mix until fine crumbs.
• Reserve 1 1/2 c. of the crumb mixture to put on top.
• Pour about a 3/4 c. of the wet mixture into the crust bottom of each pie dish.
• Now pour your remaining crumbs into the remaining wet mixture. Mix together and divide between your two pies.
• Cover with reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake at 375° for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° and continue baking for 30 minutes.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Pulse the flour, sugar and salt in a food processor. Add about one-third of the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like cornmeal. Add the remaining butter and pulse 3 times, or until the mixture looks like coarse meal with pea-size bits of butter. Drizzle in 3 tablespoons ice water and the vinegar and pulse 3 or 4 times, just until combined (do not let the dough come together into a ball). Pinch the dough between your fingers; if it doesn't hold together, add up to 2 more tablespoons ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, pulsing. Turn out onto a sheet of plastic wrap and pat the dough into a disk; wrap tightly and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Roll out the dough into an 11-inch round on a lightly floured surface. Ease into a 9-inch pie plate. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp the edges with your fingers. Refrigerate the crust 1 hour.
• Place a baking sheet on the middle oven rack and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Make the filling: Whisk the flour, brown sugar and butter in a large heatproof bowl; set aside 2/3 cup of the mixture for topping. Whisk the egg, molasses and baking soda into the remaining brown sugar mixture, then whisk in 3/4 cup boiling water until smooth.
• Pour the filling into the chilled crust. Sprinkle the reserved brown sugar mixture on top. Carefully transfer the pie plate to the hot baking sheet and bake 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking until the crust is golden and the filling is firm, 40 to 45 more minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool; serve warm or at room temperature.

TRADITIONAL SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Place pie crusts in 9 inch pie pans. Chill the crusts approximately 1 hour before use.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the baking soda and warm water. Mix in the molasses and stir until foamy. Transfer the mixture to the pie crusts.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar and baking soda. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture until very fine crumbs have formed. Sprinkle the crumbs over the molasses mixture in the pie crusts.
• Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking 35 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned and the filling has set.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• On a floured surface, roll dough to fit a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes., Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°. For filling, mix brown sugar, molasses, egg, flour and baking soda. Gradually stir in boiling water; cool completely., Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack 15 minutes. Remove foil and pie weights; brush crust with egg yolk. Bake 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 350°., In another bowl, whisk together first four topping ingredients. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add filling to crust; sprinkle with topping. Cover edge of pie with foil., Bake until filling is set and golden brown, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.

MY GRANDMA'S SHOO-FLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• To Make Bottom Layer: In a medium bowl combine molasses, hot water, and baking soda. Stir well. Whisk in beaten egg. Pour mixture into pie shell.
• To Make Crumb Topping: In a medium bowl combine flour and brown sugar. Mix well, then cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on top of molasses layer.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake an additional 30 minutes.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Make the crumb topping: Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter until the consistency resembles cornmeal.
• Combine molasses, water and baking soda and pour into pastry shell. Spoon the crumb mixture evenly over the top. Bake 15 minutes, lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes longer, or until set and firm.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the rolled-out crust.
• To make the crumb topping, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter and mix with a pastry blender or food processor until thoroughly combined and the mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• To make the liquid bottom layer, mix the molasses and corn syrup, pour in the boiling water, and stir until evenly combined. Add the egg and baking soda and mix well.
• Pour the liquid bottom layer into the crust, then sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top.
• Bake for about 40 minutes, until medium set and dark brown. The filling should wobble very slightly in the center when the pan is jiggled, but a knife inserted in the center should come out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 1 to 2 hours before slicing. Serve warm or chilled, topped with a dollop of whipped cream or a drizzle of chocolate sauce if you like.