I just baked a Shoofly Pie!

How about Shoofrau Pie? Can you serve up some of that?

That looks vile

PooShoo-fly Pie!

what's the filling, brown sugar and molasses?

Skip to my Lou, my darlin'!

R4 yep. Molasses, brown sugar, boiling water, egg, vanilla, some flour

Yes, but did you make apple pan dowdy

OP we made some for my 3rd grade class when we did an Amish play in 1966 in Cleveland Heights, Memories!

That's some Depression era cooking, OP.

Apparently, times are tough.

Ick.

I ought to try a slice one of these years. The recipe sounds like pecan pie, without the pecans, and I always thought that pecan pie had too many pecans.

Actually, yes, OP. As American cuisine goes, this is five stars.

Fat Whores Rejoice Indeed!!!!

My teeth hurt just looking at that pic.

They’re essentially like pecan pies without the pecans, right?

It looks like a raisin pie.

Did you set it on the windowsill to cool OP?

[quote] Yes, but did you make apple pan dowdy

I never get enough of that wonderful stuff!

"...Shoofly, don't bother me, Shoofly don't bother me..."

Looks like a southern church social chocolate pie.

What kinf=d of Flies are in there? House fly? Horse Fly?

Call me when the main ingredient is chocolate.

They're excessively sweet. The sort of thing you have once but don't make a habit.

R12 It's a similar flavor. Pecan pie uses corn syrup however.

I used to think it was raisin pie and they named it that because the rains looked like dead flies.

I've had it once or twice before. It's a nice pie, but yes, sweet. A little bit goes a long way.

I’d love to have a slice right now!

OP, I’m a Pennsylvanian, and your shoo-fly pie looks very tasty. It’s perfect; it has a wet bottom. I’m very particular, it must have a wet bottom.

Brown sugar and molasses, all sugar, no thanks.

That sounds just like you, Mr. Snoop.

Me personally, I prefer mine without so much goo.

this is the chocolate pie i was talking about. but some did the meringue from scratch.

opps

You know what, OP? Yes. Yes, I am.

We make something that looks remarkably similar in England called 'Mince Pies' (they don't have meat in them) of which the best are laced with Brandy (cognac).

R7 I prefer Apple Brown Betty

r35 Mince pies are popular at Christmas in the US. (Well, perhaps not as popular as they once were, but still.) They're usually made in a full-sized pie shell (or case, as you'd say) rather than a miniature like the ones you posted.

You can buy the mincemeat filling in a jar.

Yes, I’m envious. I’d pour some heavy cream on it.

And now I’m salivating.

Hey y’all I got PooShooz Fly Pie. None a dat Dowdy shit, though.

OP didn’t have color TV until he was in college!

Does chess pie taste similar?

R40 I got sweet pootato pie for y’all

Don’t put it on the windowsill to cool, OP, or a hobo will steal it!

Hobophobe!

Do people typically use much molasses anymore? I occasionally see it in the baking goods aisle of the grocery store, but it seems somewhat obsolete.

R46, I do. It takes about two years to get through a bottle. Here’s what I use it in: baked beans, barbecue sauce, my annual Christmas gingerbread.

It gives a secret flavor-enhancing boost to lots of things, though. I add a tablespoon to my lentil soup (balanced out with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar). I add it to cornbread mix, balsamic vinaigrette and chicken marinade.

When I was a kid, we used to put it in our milk the way other people would add chocolate or strawberry syrup.

^^ it’s not nearly as sweet as honey or corn syrup, so it’s more about the mysterious flavor than sweetness. You can add it to savory things without making them sweet.

To me, it’s one of those “secret” ingredients that make something taste so much better but you can’t put your finger on it.

R46 I use molasses when I make candied walnuts and pecans for desserts.

Chess pie has diary, among other things. The only thing in common is that both are sweet but bland. Also, Shhofly tends to be double crust whereas chess is usually single crust.

Shoofly has no raisins.

R50, thanks. Chess pie sounds a little similar to 'vinegar pie.'

No, I'm not.