Shoo Fly Coffee Cake Food

AMISH SHOOFLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix brown sugar, flour, and butter with a pastry blender until you have fine crumbs.
• Reserve two cups of the crumbs for the top.
• Combine the boiling water and baking soda, then add the molasses and salt. Mix well.
• Mix the molasses mixture with the remaining crumbs. And pour this into a greased 9x13" baking dish.
• Starting at the edges, scatter the reserved 2 cups of crumbs over the top.
• Bake for about 45 - 50 minutes. Cool and enjoy.

SHOO FLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Dissolve soda in boiling water. Set aside.
• Mix together flour, brown sugar, salt, and vegetable oil to form a crumb-like mixture. Reserve 1 cup of the crumbs. Mix the remaining crumbs with the water and soda mixture. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until done.

MOLASSES CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix flour, sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until large crumbs form. Separate 2 cups of the flour mixture into another bowl and set aside.
• Stir boiling water, molasses, and baking soda together in a third bowl until baking soda dissolves; pour into the flour mixture in the large bowl and stir until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the reserved flour mixture over the top of the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

COFFEE-MOLASSES SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend flour, sugar, and salt in processor 5 seconds. Add shortening and butter. Using on/off turns, blend until coarse meal forms. Add 3 tablespoons ice water; blend briefly. Add more ice water, 1 teaspoon at a time, and blend, using on/off turns, until moist clumps form. Gather dough together; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 3/4 inch. Fold overhang under and crimp edge decoratively. Pierce crust all over with fork. Freeze 10 minutes. Line crust with foil; fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crust until sides are set, about 25 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake crust until beginning to color, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 10 minutes longer. Remove from oven; brush crust with some of egg white to seal. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• Meanwhile, prepare filling:
• Mix flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Add butter; cut in with back of fork until blended and even-size crumbs form. Combine 1 cup hot water and espresso powder in another medium bowl. Add baking soda. Whisk in corn syrup, molasses, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle crumb mixture over hot crust. Pour in molasses mixture. Bake pie until filling is set in center, about 35 minutes. Transfer pie to rack; cool completely.
• Sift powdered sugar over pie. Cut into wedges and serve with ice cream.

SHOO-FLY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease one 10" X 4" tube pan.
• Mix the brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon, set aside.
• Beat butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and molasses with an electric mixer for 2 minutes on medium.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Add the flour mixture and the sour cream alternately to the egg mixture until combined.
• Spread 1/3 of batter in pan.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 cinnamon-nut mixture, repeat twice.
• Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

PENNSYLVANIA SHOO FLY CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Using a large bowl, stir the flour,brown sugar,and salt together. Add the butter. Work the butter into the mixture until you have crumbs using a pastry blender or rubbing the mixture together with your fingers. Take out 1 1/2 cups of crumbs, reserve for the topping.
• In a large bowl combine the boiling water,molasses and baking soda, mix well with a whisk. Make sure to use a large bowl, when the baking soda is added it foams up quiet a bit.
• Add 1/2 the liquid to the crumb mixture. Mix until moist and smooth. Add the remaining liquid and mix until just incorporated, the batter will be slightly runny.
• Pour the batter into your prepared pan, top with reserved crumbs. press crumbs into the batter lightly. Bake 45 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

SHOOFLY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl of electric mixer, combine butter, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla and molasses.
• Beat at medium speed for about 2 minutes; add dry ingredients alternately with sour cream, beating until smooth.
• Mix brown sugar, walnuts and cinnamon.
• Spread 1/3 of batter in greased and lightly floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of the nut mixture. Repeat twice.
• Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until pick inserted near center comes out clean.

SHOOFLY CAKE RECIPE FROM THE ESSENTIAL AMISH COOKBOOK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Grease a 9 x 13″ baking pan.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, salt and butter by hand to form fine crumbs.
• Reserve 3/4 cup of this crumb mixture to put on top of the cake.
• Separately mix together the boiling water, molasses and baking soda (note: this will foam up very quickly. Be close to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Don't ask.)
• Stir into the crumb mixture just until mixed (note: this is a VERY wet batter.)
• Pour into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle with the reserved mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 - 40 minutes (note: my cake took 37 minutes to bake)
• Cool on a wire rack and then cut into squares.
• To serve: you can either dust with confectioner's sugar or top with whipped cream

SHOO-FLY PIE

Steps:

• To make the pastry: combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Pour in the ice water and work it in to bind the dough until it holds together without being too wet or sticky. Squeeze a small amount together, if it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle the counter and a rolling pin lightly with flour. Roll the dough out into a 10-inch circle; to check the size, put the 9-inch pie pan upside down over the dough. Carefully roll the dough up onto the pin (this may take a little practice) and lay it inside the pie pan. Press the dough firmly into the bottom and sides so it fits tightly. Trim the excess dough around the rim. Place the pie pan on a sturdy cookie sheet so it can prevent spills from burning in the bottom of the oven.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• To make the filling: In medium-size mixing bowl, combine the molasses and water; stir in baking soda, eggs, and spices.
• To make the crumb topping: With a pastry blender, mix together the flour, brown sugar, and butter, until it is the texture of coarse crumbs. Take 1/2 cup of the crumb mixture and put it in the bottom of the pie shell, pour in the molasses filling, and scatter the remaining crumbs on top.
• Bake for 30 minutes, until the filling jiggles slightly and the top is firm. Let cool to room temperature before cutting. Serve with whipped cream.