Shoofly Pie and Songs
This pie was first introduced to me by my dear mother-in-law and has become a favorite along with raspberry cream pie (which if I remember correctly I first ate at Marie Showalters 
) I haven’t made it for a year I’m guessing; it’s been a long time – too long. So as grandma has the children for awhile this morning what am I doing? I’m making three Shoo-fly pies (we’re getting company over for supper tomorrow evening, but we might dig into the one tonight) and listening to music.
I used to listen to music a lot . . . but less and less as the years go by. I just can’t stand too much noise and commotion all at once . . . and that’s what music becomes when there’s too many things going on or too many children running around. The boys don’t appreciate it on when they are tying to concentrate on school and I can’t have it on at nap time on risk of waking up babies before they have had all the sleep they can get, and then it’s just too much to have it on during clean-up and supper prep, and oft times when it is quiet enough, I JUST WANT QUIET! . . . and soon there goes our day. So this morning I am thoroughly enjoying the “songs and hymns and spiritual songs and making melody in my heart to the Lord” and loving it!
Here’s the recipe:
Shoofly Pie
Combine flour and sugar. Cut in shortening. Reserve 1\2 for topping. Stir in molasses, egg and 3\4 cup of hot water into remaining crumbs. Mix until bubbly. Stir baking soda into remaining hot water. Add to batter until it foams almost to top. Pour into prepared pie crust. Top with reserved crumbs. Bake at 400 for 10 min, then reduce to 325 for 30 more minutes.
1 cup flour
2\3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp shortening
I cup King Syrup molasses
1 egg beaten slightly
I cup hot water
1 tsp baking soda
9″ unbaked deep-dish pie crust
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I totally understand about the music. I love to go into shops and it is all feminine and clean and sweet calming music is playing. But at home with all the noice and dirt… it’s too much!
January 24th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
ummm, sounds yummy! Can you still buy King Syrup up there? Walmart used to carry it down here, now I can only find it at one other grocery store. Very sad because I loved the stuff!
I don’t have music on near as much as I’d like, either. So glad you had a break!
January 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I so understand about the music!! I used to love to have it on and now it just seems like one more thing to add to the noise in an already noisy household!!!! If I am going to enjoy music anymore it happens at church or when I’m all alone in my car(thats not very often either!!)=)