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Happy birthday, shrieking_ell!


Makes: 1 pie.

1 hour 10 minutes (10 mins prep)

CRUMB TOPPING
2 cups flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening

FILLING
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup boiling water
2/3 cup cold water
1 cup molasses
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shells

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl combine (2 cups) flour and (2/3 cup) brown sugar.
Cut (1/2 cup) shortening into flour mixture until crumbly.

Dissolve baking soda into (1/3 cup) boiling water.
Add (2/3 cup) cold water.

In a small bowl stir the beaten egg into the (1 cup) brown sugar.

Add the (1 cup) molasses to the egg/brown sugar mixture.

Add baking-soda-water to the molasses mixture.

Pour into 9 inch unbaked pie shell.

Sprinkle crumb mixture over filling.

Place pie on top of a baking sheet in case of spill overs, and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven to 325 degrees for 50 minutes longer or until done in center.

consider this your stopgap 'present'.