Recipe - Apple Shoofly Pie

CRUMB MIXTURE
One fourth cup Unsalted butter; cut up
1 cup Flour
1/3 cup Brown sugar; packed
1 teaspoon Cinnamon, ground
One fourth teaspoon Ginger, ground
One fourth teaspoon Cloves, ground
One fourth teaspoon Salt

FILLING
1/3 cup Molasses
1/3 cup Water; boiling
One half teaspoon Baking soda
2 lg Red Delicious apples; peeled
cored/coarsely chopped
1 9" deepdish pie shell unbake

1. To prepare crumb mixture: Process butter, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon,
ginger, cloves, and salt in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse
meal.

2. To make filling: Dissolve molasses in boiling water in a large bowl.
Stir in baking soda. Add about 2/3 of the crumb mixture and all of the
chopped apples, and mix until crumbs are moistened. Spoon into pie shell.
Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top.

3. Bake in a preheated 375degree oven until filling is set, about 40
minutes.

Source: Chicago Sun Times, November 6, 1996
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #307

Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 20:04:53 +0000

From: Linda Place placel@worldnet.att.net