Horse & Buggy Wet Bottom Shoo-fly Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
• 1 egg
• 8 fluid ounces molasses
• 6 fluid ounces boiling water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pastry shells

Recipe

• 1 mix together the flour, brown sugar and shortening.
• 2 set aside ½ cup of this mixture for the topping.
• 3 add to the remaining mixture the egg, molasses, boiling water and baking soda.
• 4 spread this mixture into the un-baked pie shell.
• 5 spread the ½ cup of crumb topping over the pie.
• 6 bake at 375°f for 10 minutes.
• 7 reduce temperature to 350°f and bake for 30 minutes or until firm.