Posted on 02/14/2022 2:03:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
It’s sort of a pecan pie without pecans. Or eggs. Or vanilla.
But vegetable oil IS a kind of shortening. Without it, your crust would be more ‘bread’ than crust.
(I want to make a Shoofly Pie. My husband also told me about a Shoofly Cake that his mom used to make...)
When we were kids living in the country and without much to eat (the neighbors would give my parents unpasteurized milk because we were so poor) we would make a “soft” drink out of vinegar and sugar and water and drink it on hot days. I don’t know how we came up with that recipe.
vinegar is kind of a substitute for lemon, it makes sense
Ah! Makes sense now.
I grew up loving shoofly pie, but I baked it only a few times myself. It was very easy to make, but I don’t think I have the recipe, anymore.
There are lots of them on the Internet. Just do a search.
There isn't enough sugar or maple syrup or anything that could make it palatable.
Looks like a custard pie...
Is called vomit.
If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs for breakfast if we had some eggs.
Water pie
Interesting.
I tried this recipe last year. Its really not bad.
>>If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs for breakfast if we had some eggs.<<
I often make druthers for dinner:
If I had my druthers, 1’d ruther have a steak, but since I ain’t got a steak, I’d ruther have this than nutthin!
Chopped potatoes; chopped onions; chopped green pepper; chopped bacon, if you’ve got it, all fried together with bacon grease in a cast iron skillet. Topped with fried eggs.
“This isn’t that different from Shoofly Pie.”
Exactly what I was thinking.
Pudding cake and vinegar cake are pretty good
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7834/hot-fudge-pudding-cake-ii/
https://www.food.com/recipe/one-pan-chocolate-snack-cake-313457
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake is a favorite in our house. Great recipe for children.
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