Horse & Buggy Wet Bottom Shoo-Fly Pie

"They serve this at Amish Spring Break, right after the "Wet Hat Contest""
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Mix together the flour, brown sugar and shortening.
  • Set aside ½ cup of this mixture for the topping.
  • Add to the remaining mixture the egg, molasses, boiling water and baking soda.
  • Spread this mixture into the un-baked pie shell.
  • Spread the ½ cup of crumb topping over the pie.
  • Bake at 375°F for 10 minutes.
  • Reduce temperature to 350°F and bake for 30 minutes or until firm.

Questions & Replies

  1. Shoofly pie very good but mine always bakes like a cake. What am I doing wrong? Please help
     
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Reviews

  1. Tastes great! BUT apparently the altitude here in Denver affected my attempt because it is now known in my house as the Great Exploding Shoo-fly Pie Incident of 2017. Ha! PS: I added 1/4 tsp each of Ginger, Cloves and Nutmeg.
     
    • Review photo by alanlcharles
  2. I have to say I love this recipe!!! I did add clove,cinnamon and nutmeg to the flour and brown sugar.
     
  3. thought it was absolutely the best. thanks
     
  4. This is a great! I had trouble finding a wet bottom shoo-fly pie recipe and was pleasantly surprised to find this one and that it was so easy to make!
     
  5. This pie is utter perfection. I’ve been searching FOR YEARS for a shoofly pie recipe that rivals that of Bird in Hand bakery in Lancaster, PA - THIS IS IT. Go make this pie right away. It’s unbelievably delicious, with a perfect layer of molasses goo and just enough dry topping.
     
    • Review photo by Katie E.
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Tweaks

  1. I tweaked the dry ingredients. Added clove,cinnamon and nutmeg.
     

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