Country Molasses Pie

Title:
Country Molasses Pie

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Penndutch,
Pies




Ingredients:





   3/4 c  Flour


   1/2 c  Sugar


     1 tb Butter


   1/4 c  Molasses


   1/4 c  Water, boiling


   1/4 ts Baking soda


          *pastry






 Mix the first 3 ingredients together, using the hands, and pinching mixture


 until very fine. Add the water to the molasses and soda and beat until this


 is foamy and rises. Pour this into a pie pan lined with pastry (a deep pan


 is preferable) and taking a spoon, mix the above crumbs well into the


 molasses filling. Bake at 325-F for 30 minutes. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch


 Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.


 


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