Shoofly pie

Shoofly pie

Alternative names	Shoo-fly pie
Type	Pie
Place of origin	United States
Region or state	Pennsylvania
Main ingredients	Pie shell, molasses
Variations	Montgomery pie, chess pie
Cookbook: Shoofly pie Media: Shoofly pie

Shoofly pie (or shoo-fly pie)^[1] is a molasses pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and is called Melassichriwwelkuche in Pennsylvania Dutch.^[2]

The pie may get its name because the sweet molasses odor attracts flies that must be "shooed" away.^[3]^[4]

The shoofly pie's origins may come from the treacle tart with the primary difference being the use of molasses rather than golden syrup.^[5] A Montgomery pie is similar to a shoofly pie, except lemon juice is usually added to the bottom layer and buttermilk to the topping. A chess pie is also similar, but it is unlayered.

Shoofly pie also comes in two different versions – wet bottom and dry bottom. The dry bottom version is baked until fully set and results in a more cake-like consistency throughout. The wet bottom version is set like cake at the top where it has mixed in with the crumbs, but the very bottom is a stickier, gooier custard-like consistency.^[6]

References

↑ The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink (ISBN 0-86730-784-6), by John Mariani.
↑ Stern, Jane (Jun 4, 2009). 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 101.
↑ Lynne Olver. "Food Timeline: history notes-pie & pastry".
↑ "Shoofly Pie".
↑ "History of Shoofly Pie, Shoo-Fly Pie, Shoo Fly Pie, Treacle Tart".
↑ "Traditional Shoo Fly Pie Recipe". Our Heritage of Health.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shoofly pies.

"Pebble-Dash" or Shoo-Fly Pie, a page from a 1915 cookbook (Mary At The Farm And Book Of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among The "Pennsylvania Germans") at the website of the Michigan State University Library
Shoo-fly, don't Amish me, a March 2006 Yale Daily News article on the pie which includes a recipe

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