Not Too Dry Shoofly Pie Recipes

TRADITIONAL SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Place pie crusts in 9 inch pie pans. Chill the crusts approximately 1 hour before use.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the baking soda and warm water. Mix in the molasses and stir until foamy. Transfer the mixture to the pie crusts.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar and baking soda. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture until very fine crumbs have formed. Sprinkle the crumbs over the molasses mixture in the pie crusts.
• Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking 35 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned and the filling has set.

DRY-BOTTOM SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400F.
• 2. mix flour, brown sugar and shortening with a pastry knife until crumbly. Reserve 2/3 cup for topping. Spoon rest into the unbaked piecrust.
• 3. Mix baking soda in hot water. Add egg and molasses and stir well. Pour over crumbs in piecrust. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top.
• 4. Bake at 400F. for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350F and bake another 30 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack before slicing.

NOT-TOO- DRY SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, and shortening. With your fingertips, rub these ingredients together until the shortening resembles small lima beans. Set crumb mixture aside.
• In another bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water. Add the corn syrup and molasses; stir to blend. Pour filling into the shell, and sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); bake for 25 minutes more. The filling is set, but still quivers when the pan is little tapped. Do not over bake. Cool on a rack to room temperature.

NOT-TOO- DRY SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, and shortening. With your fingertips, rub these ingredients together until the shortening resembles small lima beans. Set crumb mixture aside.
• In another bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water. Add the corn syrup and molasses; stir to blend. Pour filling into the shell, and sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C); bake for 25 minutes more. The filling is set, but still quivers when the pan is little tapped. Do not over bake. Cool on a rack to room temperature.