Chocolate Shoofly Pie - Lancaster County Pa Recipe

Wowza. If you like shoofly, here's another 'must-try' version.

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Yields: 6 pies

Ingredients

• Topping

• 2  cups  golden molasses (we like Brer Rabbit)
• 2  cups hot water
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 2  cups brown sugar
• 1  cup shortening
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 5  cups flour

• Pudding

• 2  tablespoons cornstarch
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  tablespoons flour
• 3  tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2  eggs
• 2  cups water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  tablespoon butter

• Chocolate Frosting recipe

• 1  cup sugar
• 3  teaspoons cocoa powder
• 3  tablespoons cornstarch
• 4  teaspoons salt
• 1  cup boiling water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  tablespoon butter

Directions

1. For topping - Mix molasses, hot water & vanilla. Set aside.
2. Cream eggs, sugar & shortening.
3. Add remaining ingredients, adding molasses mixture last.
4. For 'pudding' - Bring water to a boil.
5. Add remaining ingredients and stir/cook until thick.
6. Pour pudding into 6 unbaked pie shells.
7. Put topping on top of each of the six pies.
8. Bake @ 350 for 1 hour.
9. Cool completely.
10. Add frosting, if desired. (any soft chocolate frosting will work).
11. For chocolate frosting - In saucepan, combine first 4 ingredients.
12. Slowly add water.
13. Stir over high heat constantly until thickened.
14. Remove from heat, and add vanilla and butter.
15. Spread on cooled pies.