Baking and Desserts

Elsie's Shoo Fly Pie

Ingredients

• 2 (9 in.) unbaked pie shells

Top (crumbs):

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Crisco

Bottom (syrup):

• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Also:

• 1 cup sour milk (a splash of lemon juice in regular milk works)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg

Directions

1. Mix the flour, brown sugar, and Crisco into crumbs. Set aside 1 cup of the crumbs for the topping.
2. To the remaining crumbs, add the sour milk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and egg. Mix.
3. Stir together the molasses, hot water, and 1 teaspoon baking soda for the bottom layer. Pour into the 2 pie shells.
4. Pour the "cake" crumb mixture over the syrup in the pie shells.
5. Top with the reserved 1 cup of crumbs.
6. Bake at 400°F for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350°F and bake for 30 minutes.