My Grandma's Shoo-fly Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (9 inch) pie shell
• 1 cup molasses
• 3/4 cup hot water
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening

Recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• to make bottom layer: in a medium bowl combine molasses, hot water, and baking soda. stir well. whisk in beaten egg. pour mixture into pie shell.
• to make crumb topping: in a medium bowl combine flour and brown sugar. mix well, then cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. sprinkle on top of molasses layer.
• bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. lower temperature to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). bake an additional 30 minutes.