Here is my great-grandmother's recipe for shoo-fly pie. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch dessert made with molasses, with a delicious gooey bottom and a crumb topping. I grew up eating store bought shoo-fly pie all the time, but you just can't find it even a couple hours outside of the Pennsylvania Dutch region. So, if I want it now, I have to make my own. According to the hand-written recipe card, Grandma's brand molasses was the best.

My grandmother's recipe is actually a little drier and with a stonger molasses flavor than what I prefer, though opinion within the rest of the family is split. I have another recipe which is the one I actually use when I make shoo-fly pie myself:
Shoo-Fly Pie Recipe II

Shoo-Fly Pie Recipe

• In Bowl, mix like pie crust:
  • 4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 2 cup sugar
  • Reserve 1 cup for crumbs
  • 1 tspn baking powder
• In Separate Bowl, mix:
  • 1 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1 tsp baking soda
• Add second bowl to first bowl - gets like cake dough
• In a separate bowl, mix:
  • 2 cup molasses
  • 1 1/2 cup hot water
• Add water/molasses mix to 3 prepared pie shells
• Add cake-like dough to pie shells
• Top with reserved crumbs
• Bake at 375º for 30-45 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean