Chocolate Shoofly Pie Lancaster County Pa Food

AUTHENTIC SHOO FLY PIE (STRAIGHT FROM LANCASTER CO.)

Steps:

• Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add molasses.
• Combine sugar and flour and rub in shortening to make crumbs.
• Pour 1/3 of the liquid into an unbaked crust.
• Add 1/3 of the crumb mixture.
• Continue alternating layers, ending with crumbs on top.
• Bake at 375 for approximately 35 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SHOOFLY PIE - LANCASTER COUNTY PA RECIPE

Steps:

• For topping - Mix molasses, hot water & vanilla. Set aside.
• Cream eggs, sugar & shortening.
• Add remaining ingredients, adding molasses mixture last.
• For 'pudding' - Bring water to a boil.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir/cook until thick.
• Pour pudding into 6 unbaked pie shells.
• Put topping on top of each of the six pies.
• Bake @ 350 for 1 hour.
• Cool completely.
• Add frosting, if desired. (any soft chocolate frosting will work).
• For chocolate frosting - In saucepan, combine first 4 ingredients.
• Slowly add water.
• Stir over high heat constantly until thickened.
• Remove from heat, and add vanilla and butter.
• Spread on cooled pies.

COFFEE SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• in a large bowl mix flour and sugar.
• cut in butter until blended and crumbly.
• mix expresso with hot water in a medium bowl.
• add in baking soda, corn syrup, vanilla, salt, cinnamon.
• pour crumb mixture into crust.
• pour in liquid mixture, bake 35 minutes until set in center.
• cool on wire rack.
• sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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 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.