Emeril's Shoofly Pie

A sticky, sweet Pennsylvania Dutch-style shoofly pie with a cane syrup and brown sugar filling, layered with a buttery crumb topping, baked in two pastry shells.

SouthernVegetarianIntermediate45 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
16
  • 2 cup flour
  • 1 0.5 cup light brown sugar
  • 0.3 tsp salt
  • 0.5 stick butter
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 0.5 cup hot water
  • 2 each eggs
  • 2 cup Steen's 100% Pure Cane Syrup
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 each unbaked 9-inch pastry shells

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and butter. Mix until coarse crumb-like texture. Divide in half.

  2. 2

    In another bowl, whisk baking soda with 1/2 cup hot water until dissolved. Add eggs, cane syrup, vanilla, and remaining 1 cup hot water. Whisk until smooth.

  3. 3

    Fold one half of the crumb mixture into the sugar filling.

  4. 4

    Pour filling into prepared pie shells. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture evenly over the filling.

  5. 5

    Bake 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 375°F. Bake 25-30 more minutes until top is firm. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Tags

southernemerilpiedessertshoofly-piecane-syrup