Shoofly Pie

Alton Brown’s Shoofly Pie – with a tweak by Grandpa
Lancaster, Pennsylvania has the best shoofly pie bakeoff

• 9 inch pie crust
  1. Dock crust
  2. Lay parchment down
  3. Cover with beans of a baking chain
  4. Blind bake 425 for 10 minutes
  5. Remove chain or beans
  6. bake 7 more minutes

• Food process the following
  • 5.5 oz ap flour
  • 2 TBL butter
  • 4 oz brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
• Save 1/4 C for later
• Combine the following in a large mixing bowl
  • 4 oz Brown sugar
  • or make your own brown sugar:
    • 1 pound regular sugar and 3 oz  molasses
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 C boiling water
  • 8 oz molasses
  • one egg
  • one tsp vanilla
• Whisk together
• Add crumbs to the liquid and whisk to combine
  • will be like a thich pourable batter
• sprinkle reserved 1/4 C topping on the pie
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes
• Cool 90-120 minutes