Shoo Fly Pie An Old Lehigh County 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.

SHOOFLY PIE

Steps:

• On a floured surface, roll dough to fit a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes., Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°. For filling, mix brown sugar, molasses, egg, flour and baking soda. Gradually stir in boiling water; cool completely., Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack 15 minutes. Remove foil and pie weights; brush crust with egg yolk. Bake 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 350°., In another bowl, whisk together first four topping ingredients. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add filling to crust; sprinkle with topping. Cover edge of pie with foil., Bake until filling is set and golden brown, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.

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.

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.

MY GRANDMA'S SHOO-FLY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• To Make Bottom Layer: In a medium bowl combine molasses, hot water, and baking soda. Stir well. Whisk in beaten egg. Pour mixture into pie shell.
• To Make Crumb Topping: In a medium bowl combine flour and brown sugar. Mix well, then cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on top of molasses layer.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake an additional 30 minutes.