Shoofly pie

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Shoofly pie (or shoo-fly pie) is a molasses pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and also known in Southern cooking.

The more common version of the recipe — sometimes referred to as "wet bottom" — consists of a layer of sweet, gooey molasses beneath a crumb topping sometimes compared to that of a coffee cake. In contrast, a "dry bottom" shoofly pie is more thoroughly mixed into a cake-like consistency.

The dessert has earned quite a reputation in the "Dutch Country" of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where its distinctive flavor and texture is quite alluring to tourists.

The term "shoo-fly pie" first appeared in print in 1926.[1] The name is commonly thought to arise from the fact that the molasses in the pie is so attractive to flies that they have to be constantly "shooed" away.[2]

A Montgomery pie is similar to a shoofly pie though lemon juice is usually added to the bottom layer and buttermilk to the topping.[3]. A chess pie is also similar, though unlayered and made with corn syrup.


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  • As of July 2006, "I break for Shoofly Pie" is the official bumper sticker of the state of Pennsylvania. [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink (ISBN 0-86730-784-6), by John Mariani.
  2. ^ History notes on pie and pastry, from the website of a Morris County, New Jersey reference librarian
  3. ^ Montgomery Pies for Summertime Dessert, from the website of the cooperative extension service at Penn State
  4. ^ Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy, with a sample of the Dinah Shore recording (from the MPL Communications website)
  5. ^ VisitPA.com bumper sticker contest

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