Shoo Fly Pie

Ingredients

• 1 cup dark molasses
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 9" pastry shell

Recipe

• 1 dissolve soda in hot water; add molasses and egg.
• 2 combine sugar and flour and rub in the shortening to make crumbs.
• 3 pour one-third of the liquid into an unbaked pie crust. add one-third of the crumb mixture. continue alternate layers, putting crumbs on top.
• 4 bake at 375: for approximately 35 minutes.