Authentic Shoo Fly Pie Straight From Lancaster Co

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Born, raised & still residing in lancaster county amish/pa dutch country this is as authentic as it gets. This recipe is from the mennonite community cookbook that's older than me & given to me by my mother. I saw a few other versions posted, but none were like this one. You could use 9 inch pre-pared pie crust but for the real deal you may want to start from scratch (see my recipe #163245 for the crust that goes with).

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Steps

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Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add molasses.

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Combine sugar and flour and rub in shortening to make crumbs.

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Pour 1 / 3 of the liquid into an unbaked crust.

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Add 1 / 3 of the crumb mixture.

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Continue alternating layers , ending with crumbs on top.

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Bake at 375 for approximately 35 minutes.

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Ingredients

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dark molasses, boiling water, baking soda, flour, shortening, brown sugar, pastry dough