Shoofly pie (a.k.a molasses pie) and its origins

Gillespie Life, Taste

Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser, on November 6, 2024

Ihave never eaten shoofly pie — molasses pie, yes. In fact, the shoofly pie recipe is identical to the molasses pie recipe submitted to the first Fredericksburg PTA Cookbook (1917), by Elizabeth Moursund, wife of our former District Judge, Alfred Moursund.

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