Shoofly Pie
Served at Antiquity Rose Tea Room in Excelsior, Minnesota.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups flour, sifted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup light molasses
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 unbaked 10" pie shell
Instructions
- Combine flour, sugar, spices, salt, and baking soda. Cut in butter with pastry blender until it resembles crumbs.
- Combine molasses, water, baking soda, and egg. Mix well. Add ¼ of crumbs mixture (about 1 cup) and stir until well blended.
- Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle top evenly with remaining crumb mixture.
- Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until set in the center. Cool completely.