wet-bottom shoofly pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• to make crumbs: in a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and shortening. cut ingredients together with a pastry cutter or rub with fingers until dough forms fine crumbs. set aside.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• to make filling: in a medium bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water. stir in corn syrup, molasses, salt and egg being sure to stir well. pour 1/3 of mixture into unbaked pie crust. sprinkle 1/3 of the crumbs over mixture. continue this process until crumb mixture and liquid mixture have been used up.
• bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, then lower oven temperature to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) and bake for an additional 30 minutes.