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Date: 08-04-02 (53 19)             Number: 391
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Subj: Re: Shoofly Pie *CR*           Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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 Ga> GATE!VirtualNET #1 AT 1319001

 Ga> [From] GATEKEEPER

 Ga> visited Fivepointsville, PA years ago while I was in school and we
 Ga> ate Shoo-Fly Pie. It was just the greatest thing I had ever had.

 Well, I don't live in Pennsylvania, but I *do* have a Pennsylvania Dutch
 Shoo-Fly Pie recipe :)

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      Title: Authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Shoo Fly Pie
 Categories: Pies, Desserts
   Servings:  8

    1/2 c  Baking Molasses
    1/2 ts Baking Soda
    3/4 c  Flour
      2 tb Butter
    1/8 ts Ground Ginger
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
      1 ea Pastry for 9 inch pie
      1 ea Egg Yolk
    3/4 c  Boiling Water
    1/2 c  Brown Sugar
    1/8 ts Nutmeg
    1/8 ts Ground Cloves
    1/4 ts Salt

  Dissolve soda in boiling water and add to egg and molasses.  Set aside.
  Stir dry ingredients together, mixing well.  Cut in shortening until
  mixture looks like coarse crumbs.  Pour molasses into pie shell.  Sprinkle
  crumbs evenly over top.  Do not stir.  Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes
  then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes longer.  Cool and
  serve.

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 And here's another Pennsylvania Dutch recipe, for good measure. :)

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      Title: Schnitz Pie
 Categories: Pies, Desserts
   Servings:  1

      1 lb Sour schnitz, dried **
      2 tb Cinnamon
      1 qt Water, cold
      1 ea Orange, rind & juice of
      2 c  Sugar
      1 x  *pastry

  ** Schnitz is the Berks County Dutch name for one fourth of an apple. Put
  the schnitz and the water into a saucepan and cook to a soft pulp. Add
  cinnamon, sugar, orange juice and orange rind, and mix well together. Stand
  aside to cool. Line a pie pan with pastry, fill with the schnitz, and cover
  top with pastry. Bake at 450-F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350-F and
  continue baking for 30 minutes. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine
  Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.

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