Alton Brown’s Shoofly Pie – with a tweak by Grandpa
Lancaster, Pennsylvania has the best shoofly pie bakeoff
- 9 inch pie crust
- Dock crust
- Lay parchment down
- Cover with beans of a baking chain
- Blind bake 425 for 10 minutes
- Remove chain or beans
- 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
