Pennsylvania Dutch Shoo Fly Cake Recipes

SHOO FLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Grease and flour a 13" x 9" inch pan.
• For the crumbs, combine the flour, sugar and butter. Mix with hands to form crumbs. Measure out 1-1/4 cups for topping and set aside.
• For the cake, add the molasses and 1 cup of hot water to the remaining crumbs. Beat well. Add the remaining 1 cup of water and beat again.
• Dissolve the baking soda in the 1 tablespoon of warm water. Add to batter with a dash of salt. Mix well.
• Pour into prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the top with reserved crumbs.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely on a rack before cutting and serving.

SHOO-FLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and lightly flour an 8x8" baking pan. Set aside.
• In an electric mixer bowl on low speed, combine the flour, brown sugar and butter and work into fine crumbs (2 to 3 minutes). Remove and reserve 1 cup of the crumbs for the topping.
• In a small bowl, combine the boiling water, molasses and baking soda; add to the mixing bowl and beat on medium speed for several minutes until the batter is smooth and thin. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle the reserved crumbs evenly over the top.
• Bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool the cake completely in the pan on a rack. Serve with whipped cream.

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.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH WET-BOTTOM SHOO FLY PIE I

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix flour and salt. Cut in shortening using pastry blender, until mixture forms pea-size chunks. Sprinkle with water, one tablespoon at a time. Toss lightly with fork until dough forms ball.
• Wrap in plastic wrap, flatten slightly into a disk, and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Roll out onto a lightly flour surface into a circle about 2 inches wider than pie pan; place crust into a 9 inch deep-dish pie pan, crimp edges as desired. If using a regular depth pie pan, build your crust edges up high when crimping.
• Line un-baked pie crust with heavy-duty foil. Bake at 350 F degrees for 10 minutes. Remove foil, brush crust with beaten egg yolk. Bake 5 minutes longer, cool on wire rack.
• In a mixing bowl, place the 1 cup all purpose flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg; combine well with fork or spoon to eliminate lumps.
• Add the 2 Tablespoons butter and 2 Tablespoons shortening to the bowl (or the 1/4 cup fat of your choice) and, using a fork, pastry blender, or your fingers, combine to make fairly fine crumbs.
• In another mixing bowl or 4 cup glass measuring cup, place the 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, and 1 1/2 teaspoons all purpose flour listed for the liquid filling. Blend the dry ingredients together with a fork or spoon to help eliminate clumps.
• Next, add the 1/2 cup unsulphured baking molasses, the beaten egg, and the 1 teaspoon vanilla to the dry mixture; blend together well, using a spoon or whisk making sure the dry ingredients are mixed in.
• Add the 1 cup boiling water to the molasses mixture, SLOWLY streaming it in while stirring or whisking to avoid curdling the raw egg, Stir or whisk until well blended. The mixture will appear "foamy" at this point.
• Place pie pan with unbaked crust on a baking sheet large enough to catch any drips or spills, then pour all of the molasses mixture carefully into the pie shell.
• Using your fingers or a spoon, sprinkle the entire bowl of crumbs evenly on top of the liquid filling in the crust; pay attention to getting some crumbs right up to the edge of the pie crust as well.
• Place the tray with the filled crust carefully into the oven. Bake 375 F degrees about 35 to 40 minutes. Pie will "puff" while baking, but will firm up and settle some as it cools.
• Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. Pie can be stored on the counter for 3 days, refrigerate leftovers after that time.

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.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the crumb topping ingredients: flour, brown sugar, and coconut oil until pea-sized crumbs form. Set aside.
• Mix together molasses, corn syrup, brown sugar and eggs until smooth.
• Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Slowly pour into the molasses mixture and stir until combined. Mix will be runny.
• Pour half of syrup into an unbaked pie shell, top with half of crumb mixture, then rest of syrup, finishing with crumbs on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then at 350 for 40-50 minutes until set. Best served warm or cold with milk.

SHOO FLY CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix first four ingredients with a pastry blender as you would pie dough. Remove 3/4 cup of crumbs and set aside for crumb topping.
• 2. Dissolve baking soda in 1/4 cup boiling water.
• 3. Mix leftover crumbs, molasses, soda mixture and remaining 2 cups of boiling water together.
• 4. Pour mixture into greased 10 x 13 x 2" pan.
• 5. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top of mixture.
• 6. Bake @ 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOO-FLY CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together (like a crumbly pie crust) flour, shortening, sugars in a large bowl, reserving 1/2 cup of the crumbs for top of cake.
• In another bowl, mix: molasses, baking soda and hot water.
• Stir until mixed and some of the foam disappears.
• Add to the crumb mixture and stir until blended.
• Put in a 9 X 13 inch loaf pan that has been greased and floured.
• Put the 1/2 cup crumb mixture on top and bake for 1 hour at 350 deg.

SHOO FLY PIE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl stir together the flour and the salt.
• Add the cold vegetable shortening, incorporate into the flour using a pastry cutter or 2 forks until the shortening is evenly crumbly.
• Cut in the cold butter. It's important not to overwork, there should be some smaller and some larger chunks.
• Add 2 tablespoons of the ice water and toss. Add more water a tablespoon at a time just until the dough holds together when pinched. It still may look dry and crumbly.
• Transfer to a floured surface, fold the dough into itself until all the flour is incorporated into the fats. Shape into a disk about 1 inch thick. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to rest or up to 3 days before rolling.
• When ready to roll, remove the plastic wrap from the disc. Lightly flour your work surface and your rolling pin. Start from the center of the disc using gentle force, rolling in all directions, turning the dough in quarter turns as you go to prevent sticking. If any sticking occurs lightly flour the surface.
• Roll to about 13 inches.
• Starting on one end, roll the dough around the rolling pin and transfer to the pan. Trim and shape as desired.
• Set in the refrigerator while preparing the filling.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Stir together 1 cup of flour and ½ cup brown sugar until well blended. Cut in the vegetable shortening with a pastry cutter or rub in with fingers until small crumbs form; set aside.
• Dissolve 1 teaspoon cornstarch into 1 cup of very hot water; set aside. In another bowl, mix together the molasses, corn syrup, brown sugar and the eggs until well combined. Stir in the water and cornstarch mixture, mix well.
• Pour half of the syrup mixture into the chilled prepared pie crust. Top with half of the crumbs and pour in the rest of the syrup mixture, evenly top with remaining crumbs. Carefully place on the bottom rack of the oven and bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Turn down oven to 350 degrees and bake another 45 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a rack to cool.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Mix flour, brown sugar and shortening into crumbs with fingers, fork or pastry blender. Reserve 1/2 cup of crumbs for the top of the pie. To remaining crumbs, blend in the molasses, egg, and 3/4 cup hot water. Mix the baking soda with remaining 1/4 cup hot water and promptly add to mixture. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 15 minutes. Top the pie with the reserved crumbs and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake for an additional 40 minutes.
• The pie can be served at room temperature or chilled.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour and salt. Cut in shortening until well incorporated. Add remaining ingredients and mix until well blended. Let rest a few minutes, then divide dough into 4 portions. Roll a dough disc out on a lightly floured surface and press into a 9-inch pie plate. Individually tightly cover and freeze remaining 3 portions of dough.