Edouard’s and Elise’s favorite dessert

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2/3 cup dark sugar
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp lard
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp bread soda
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 cup molasses
• pie crust
  

Combine flour and sugar then rub in lard to make crumbs. Take out half of crumbs for top layer of pie. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Add water, egg, and molasses to remaining crumbs. Pour liquid into pie crust. Top with set-aside crumbs. Bake 40 minutes at moderate heat.

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Non-Damensea Equivalents

• molasses-crumb pie = shoo-fly pie
• dark sugar = brown sugar
• lard = can use other shortening if desired
• bread soda = baking soda
• pie crust = 9″, unbaked
• moderate heat = 375° F for 10 minutes then 300° F for 30 minutes (preheated)

This recipe comes from my maternal grandmother. (My paternal grandmother preferred shoo-fly cake instead.)