Pennsylvania Dutch Shoo Fly Pie Recipes

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to 1/8 inch thick. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Trim edges to leave a 1-inch overhang; fold edges under, and crimp with your fingers. Freeze pie shell 30 minutes or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add butter, and work mixture through your fingers until it forms fine crumbs; set crumb topping aside.
• Stir together boiling water, molasses, and corn syrup in a medium bowl. Whisk in baking soda, egg, and a pinch of salt. Pour molasses mixture into prepared pie shell. Scatter crumb topping over filling. Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until filling is set and topping is deep golden brown, about 50 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack 30 minutes.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the crumb topping ingredients: flour, brown sugar, and coconut oil until pea-sized crumbs form. Set aside.
• Mix together molasses, corn syrup, brown sugar and eggs until smooth.
• Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Slowly pour into the molasses mixture and stir until combined. Mix will be runny.
• Pour half of syrup into an unbaked pie shell, top with half of crumb mixture, then rest of syrup, finishing with crumbs on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then at 350 for 40-50 minutes until set. Best served warm or cold with milk.

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.

GOOD 'N PLENTY PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOO-FLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Liquid:.
• Dissolve baking soda in water.
• Stir in molasses and one beaten egg (take care not to scramble the egg, tempering it is advised.).
• Crumbs:.
• Mix flour, shortening, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon.
• Form the mixture into crumbs.
• Pour the liquid mixture in an unbaked pie shell, then add the crumbs to the top and bake for 30 minutes.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOO FLY PIE

Steps:

• Line 9-inch pie plate with pastry.
• Mix molasses and egg yolk.
• 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 450 degrees F. 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F. and bake 20 minutes longer.
• Cool and serve.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour and sugar.
• Cut in butter til crumbly. (Use a pastry blender, knives, forks or your fingers.) I just add it cut up, then use my fingers, pinching and tossing to keep coated.
• In seperate bowl, add molasses, soda and cinnamon, and slowly pour in boiling water. Beat til mixture is foamy.
• Stir half of the crumb mixture into the molasses mixture.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Sprinkle top with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake in 350 oven 30-40 minutes til pie is set/firm, bubbly and lightly browned.
• Cool til warm, and serve topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream if desired.