This pie is simple and sweet with a little rich molasses flavor. Molasses contains a little iron which other syrups lack so you can think of this as slightly healthier if you want. In addition to being delicious, this recipe has very few ingredients so may be easy to throw together last-minute. Apparently it is a classic Pennsylvania pie, and I think it is lovely.
Ingredients:
1 9inch pie shell, parbaked
1 cup molasses
¾ cup hot water
¾ tsp baking soda
1 egg, beaten
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup shortening
Directions
Preheat oven to 400F
In a medium bowl combine flour and brown sugar. Mix well, then cut shortening into mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs
Spread ¼ cup of crumb mixture on bottom of pie crust
Combine molasses, hot water, and baking soda in a bowl. Stir well until fully mixed, then whisk in beaten egg
Pour mixture gently into pie crust, trying not to disturb crumb layer
Sprinkle the rest of the crumb layer on top of molasses layer, it will form a thick layer
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Lower temp to 350 (don’t open oven!) and bake an additional 30 min.
Sweet, but good. Will update with picture next time I make this. I like to think of it as a source of Iron. I suspect that this recipe would work with paleo crust and almond flour/coconut oil instead of wheat flour/shortening, but haven't tested out that version yet.
