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shoofly pie

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Recipe by
Deborah Carter-McGee-Plowman
@Mimiplowman
Burleson, TX

This is another recipe I found in a old cookbook. I just love the name of this pie, makes me wonder if it got it name by ladies trying to keep flys off food back in the old days. I can just see some lady with her fan in hand swing it over a pie and telling flies to shoo.

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Ingredients For shoofly pie

  • 1
    recipe plain pastry
  • 1 1/2 c
    sifted flour
  • 1 c
    brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/8 tsp
    salt
  • 1/4 c
    shortening
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 c
    hot water
  • 1/2 c
    molasses

How To Make shoofly pie

  • 1
    Line 2 piepans with pastry.
  • 2
    Make crumbs by combining flour, sugar, salt and shortening.
  • 3
    Disslove soda in hot water and combine with molasses.
  • 4
    Add 3/4 of crumbs, pour into pastry-lined pans and top with remaining crumbs,
  • 5
    Bake in very hot oven (450 degrees) 10 minutes.
  • 6
    Then reduce temperature to moderate (350 degrees) and bake 20 to 30 minutes longer or until firm. Makes 2 (9 inch) pies.
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