When considering Pennsylvania Dutch cooking and baking, one particular pie stands above the rest. I guess you could say it “takes the cake.” 🙂 Pennsylvania Dutch shoofly pie has been and is still a favorite among the Amish and Mennonite communities here in Lancaster County. This sweet, sticky pie is a must-try for any pie enthusiasts out there.
My grandmother made the best shoofly pie in the tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Shoofly pie is to the Pennsylvania Dutch as pecan pie is to a Southerner.
Classic Pennsylvania Dutch recipe. Grandma’s loving attention not included!
This old-fashioned shoofly pie is made with a molasses filling and a crumbly brown sugar topping. The pie calls for Southern sorghum syrup, but regular molasses can be used, or use part molasses and part cane syrup or golden syrup.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 unbaked pie crust, homemade or store-bought
Filling:
- 1 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup hot water
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INGREDIENTS:
- 1 unbaked pie crust, homemade or store-bought
Filling:
- 1 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Topping:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
PREPARATION:
- Preheat oven to 400º F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together molasses and hot water, then stir in baking soda and salt.
- Let cool slightly, then, while stirring continuously, whisk in lightly beaten egg.
- (If mixture is too hot, egg could curdle when added.)
- Pour mixture into cooled crust.
- In another large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar and cinnamon, then cut in cold butter until mixture is coarse and has the consistency of small pebbles.
- Sprinkle topping over filling; you might not be able to see filling since there’s a fair amount of topping, which is okay.
- Place pie in oven and bake for 15 minutes, then lower heat to 350º F and bake for another 30, or until filling has set.
Optional:
- place pie crust in pie dish and par-bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
Enjoy!
From: 12 tomatoes.