“Shoofly pie is a molasses crumb cake baked in a pie crust,” William Woys Weaver, an expert in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine and culture and author of “As American as Shoofly Pie,” told HuffPost.

In addition to its rich flavor, another strength of shoofly pie is that it does not necessarily need to be refrigerated. This sweet and sticky pie has been around since around 1876, well before ...

Bake the pie shell for 10 minutes, making sure to prick the bottom of the dough all over with a fork. Remove from the oven and let cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.

Shoofly pie is a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that was adapted to celebrate the United States centennial in Philadelphia in 1876 and is more American than apple pie, enthusiasts say.

Shoofly pie was a winter dish, since molasses would ferment in warm weather. The old story goes that the sticky-sweet molasses used to attract flies, which needed to be shooed away, giving the pie ...

Step right up for hog maw, opera fudge, pot pie, cup cheese and for dessert - shoofly pie! ... Updated: 11:31 AM EST Nov 9, 2023 Editorial Standards ⓘ ... SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. — ...