Molasses Pie – a simple PA Dutch pie.  Similar to a shoofly pie – but different.  Chewy, sweet, unique – delicious!  Vegan friendly, too!

Just to prevent any confusion – I will start this off by letting everyone know that this is not a shoofly pie.  Though the ingredients are very similar, the process is a bit different.

With this Molasses Pie, you will mix up all the filling ingredients.  A shoofly pie is simply- yet cleverly – layered.  Doesn’t sound like it would make a big difference but it absolutely does.

Which gets me thinking – how in the world have I not shared my shoofly pie recipe yet?  Coming straight outta Lancaster, you’d think it was one of the first recipes I would have shared.  Guess I know what’s on my baking to do list.

So I’m on a bit of a molasses kick.  I started off by baking this Pumpkin Molasses Bread and got into a feeding frenzy for the stuff.  I almost forgot how much I enjoy the flavor of molasses – it’s sweet, complex, almost earthy flavor.  The key to achieving the best results with molasses is using it in moderation.  Too much molasses is not a good thing – it’s very overpowering and will absolutely ruin your baked goods.  Folks in my neck of the woods have a tendency to get a bit heavy handed with it.

Funny enough, this recipe came from a box of junk I bought at a local auction for 50 cents.  In the box was a tea pot, a bunch of over used take out containers, a ziploc bag full of yard sale price stickers, a few cool antique bottles and an assortment of random books – mostly romance and 80’s cookbooks.  Anyhow, I went thru this box a few weeks ago.  Besides the antique bottles – everything was getting trashed or donated. I skimmed thru the horrific 80’s “health food” cookbooks, and out dropped a few handwritten recipe cards.  Molasses pie was the gem.

Molasses pie.  I couldn’t even member the last time I had a piece of it.  10, maybe 15 years.  Wow.  This recipe made me remember how much I love Molasses pie, the pie that could have gotten lost forever from me.

This is a ridiculously quick and simple pie to make.  Use any butter substitute and it’s vegan.  How’s that for impressive!?

This pie turns out a bit fluffy cake like yet chewy.  My daughter described it as a chewy cake inside a pie crust.  The flavor can be best described as similar to a shoofly pie.  If you’ve never had a shoofly pie, then I’ll have to say it’s in a flavor profile all of it’s own.  You definitely taste the molasses, but it’s not in your face molasses.  Perfect amount of chewy sweet goodness.  Consider it a must try.  As simple as it is to make, it’s a must try asap.

I hope you enjoy this Old Fashioned Molasses Pie.  It’s unique and delicious and very well could become a new family favorite.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Baking!

-Amanda-

Old Fashioned Molasses Pie

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

Molasses Pie - a not as well known PA Dutch pie. Chewy, sweet, unique - delicious!

Author: Amanda

Recipe type: baked goods

Cuisine: Pennsylvania Dutch

Serves: 6-8 slices

Ingredients

• 1 prepared 9" pie crust
• ¾ cup flour, heaping
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1½ tablespoon butter or butter substitute for vegans
• ¼ cup molasses (unsulphured)
• ¼ cup boiling water
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Combine flour and sugar in a mixing bowl.
3. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter/butter substitute until mixture is fine crumbed.
4. Pour molasses in a separate mixing bowl.
5. In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
6. Add ¼ cup boiling water and baking soda to molasses.
7. Stir until mixture is foamy/frothy and rises.
8. Pour molasses mixture into pie crust/tin.
9. Sprinkle the flour mixture over molasses, stirring it in until combined.
10. Even out top of pie.
11. Just to prevent a mess - place pie tin on a cookie sheet - this pie can bake/spill over.
12. Bake for about 25 minutes. Pie will rise and then start to settle.
13. Cool on wire rack. We enjoy this perfectly plain, but some walnuts or pecans would compliment this nicely. Enjoy 🙂

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