Shoo-Fly Pie Recipe

Item

Title

Shoo-Fly Pie Recipe

Type

Text

Creator

Deborah Szmodis

Description

Shoo-fly pie is a molasses crumb cake baked in a pie crust, originating from the Pennsylvania Dutch. Shoo-fly pies are either made with a wet bottom with a gooey layer of molasses at the bottom or dry bottom with a more even, cake-like consistency throughout. This recipe creates a wet-bottom pie, and was written on a piece of paper, then folded into eight quadrants.

Transcription (front):
Sho Fly Pie
3-9” shells
Bake 350 45 min

3 c flour
½ “ butter
1 “ light B. sugar
1 tsp. salt } crumbs keep 1 c out

to crumbs add
1 c molasses
1 “ hot water
1 tsp. Baking soda

Liquid for bottom - mix + pour over top of batter
1 c. B. sugar
1 c. molasses
1 “ cold water
½ tsp. baking soda
1 egg
1 tsp flour

Transcription (back)
3 Sho Fly Pie

Format

Paper, 10 x 8 inches

Language

English

Place

Pennsylvania—Northampton

Contributor

Paige Szmodis

Relation

Subject

Recipes
Baking
Desserts
Pies
Molasses
Pennsylvania Dutch

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