Molasses Pie Recipes

BUTTERMILK PIE WITH MOLASSES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar, and beat well. Beat in the eggs. Add flour, buttermilk, and vanilla; beat until smooth
• Pour filling into pie shell, and bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); bake for an additional 45 minutes, or until set.
• Cool at room temperature, then chill. When serving, drizzle individual servings of pie with molasses for that unbeatable combination of flavors!

QUAKERTOWN MOLASSES CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the ingredients for the molasses layer. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture has thickened. This will take about 5-10 minutes, depending on your stove. Allow it to come to a low boil, but not a full boil. Allow the mixture to cool while you prepare the topping.
• For the topping, combine the flour, brown sugar, melted butter and baking soda. Mix well.
• Pour the molasses mixture into the unbaked pie shell.
• Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the molasses mixture.
• Bake at 375 for 40-45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the center starts to puff up.
• Allow the pie to cool before slicing. This is considered a "wet-bottom" pie, so when you slice it, the bottom may be slightly "wet" and that's OK.

OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in butter/butter substitute until mixture is fine crumbed.
• Pour molasses in a separate mixing bowl.
• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
• Add 1/4 cup boiling water and baking soda to molasses.
• Stir until mixture is foamy/frothy and rises.
• Pour molasses mixture into pie crust/tin.
• Sprinkle the flour mixture over molasses, stirring it in until combined.
• Even out top of pie.
• Just to prevent a mess - place pie tin on a cookie sheet - this pie can bake/spill over.
• Bake for about 25 minutes. Pie will rise and then start to settle.
• Cool on wire rack. We enjoy this perfectly plain, but some walnuts or pecans would compliment this nicely. Enjoy :)

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.

MOLASSES PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Line a 9-in. pie plate with pastry. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges. Set aside. , In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg. Beat in pumpkin and molasses; gradually add milk. Pour into crust. Cover edges loosely with foil. , Bake at 425° for 10 minutes. Remove foil. Reduce heat 350°; bake 28-32 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours. Chill until ready to serve. Serve with whipped topping. Refrigerate leftovers.

MOM-MOM BESSIE'S COCONUT MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Stir in coconut. Pour into crust; cover edge loosely with foil. Bake until center is set, 45-55 minutes. Remove foil; cool on a wire rack. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

MOLASSES PIE

Steps:

• Mix the 4 first ingredients in a bowl(flour to butter). With a pastry cutter or 2 knives, add butter until you have a rough texture.
• In another bowl, mix baking soda and warm water. Add molasses, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Beat well.
• Spread 1/3 of the rough mixture (step 1) in the crust, then pour the second mixture of molasses (step 2). Put the remaining rough mixture (step 1) on the pie. Cook on the lowest rack of oven, at 350 F from 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

MOLASSES APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Mix the molasses, water, lemon juice and salt in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add the sliced apples and simmer until the apples are tender.
• remove the apples from the syrup.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan, and blend in the flour.
• Pour this into the hot syrup and simmer, stirring constantly until the syrup is smooth and thick.
• Fold the apples into the syrup.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Make Pastry for 2 crust 9 inch pie by mixing shortening, salt, and flour with a fork until crumbly.
• Add 5 tablespoons water and mix well, adding more water if too dry.
• Form into a ball.
• Roll out half of it and line the pie pan, letting it hang over the edge about 1 inch.
• Fold the extra pastry over toward the middle and flute the edges with your fingers for a built up rim.
• Roll out the rest of the pastry, and cut into narrow strips for a lattice top.
• Spoon the apple syrup mixture into the pastry lined pan.
• Arrange 7 or 8 strips over the top.
• trim the ends, moisten, and press into the rim.
• Lay more strips over them.
• leaving a diamond shaped spaces, and trimming, moistening and pressing into the edge like the first ones.
• Bake the pie at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

MOLASSES-BOURBON PECAN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until easy to handle., Roll out dough to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer crust to pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses, butter and salt; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. (Mixture will be thick when cooled.) , Preheat oven to 350°. Stir eggs, bourbon and vanilla into molasses mixture. Stir in pecans. Pour into crust. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cover edges with foil during the last 30 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary., Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped cream. Refrigerate leftovers.

MOLASSES WHOOPIE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
• Cookie: Cream butter, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
• Add molasses and milk.
• blend well.
• Mix in sifted dry ingredients.
• Chill for 2 hours in fridge.
• Drop by tbls.
• unto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 minutes.
• Remove and cool on racks.
• Filling: Whip butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Slowly add milk/molasses and incorporate.
• Add spice and beat well.
• Use as filling between two cookies.