Name: Shoofly Pie (Dutch Dessert) Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 pie crust; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; ⅔ cup dark brown sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp ground nutmeg; 6 tbsp butter; ½ tsp Baking Soda; ¾ cup hot water; ¾ cup molasses; 1 egg yolk

How To Make Shoofly Pie (Dutch Dessert)

This shoofly pie is a traditional Pennsylvania-Dutch dessert made with molasses and a sweet and simple crumb topping topped with ice cream or whipped cream.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Cool Time: 2 hours

Total: 2 hours 55 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1pie crust,unbaked
1½cups all-purpose flour
⅔cupdark brown sugar
1tspground cinnamon
¼tspsalt
¼tspground nutmeg
6tbspbutter ,cold, unsalted, and cut into tablespoon-sized pieces.
½tspbaking soda
¾cuphot water
¾cupmolasses
1egg yolk ,large, room temperature

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and roll out pie crust and place in a 9 ½ pie dish. Set aside.
In a food processor, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Pulse briefly to combine.
Scatter butter evenly over the flour mixture and pulse again until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, stir together baking soda and hot water until baking soda is dissolved. Add molasses and whisk until completely combined, then whisk in egg yolk.
Pour approximately half of the molasses mixture into your prepared pie crust. Top with approximately half of the crumb mixture, then top with the rest of the syrup mixture and finally top evenly with remaining crumbs.
Transfer to a 425 degrees F oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Once 15 minutes has passed, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for another 20 to 25 minutes or until pie is set.
Allow pie to cool completely before slicing and serving.