| 1 pie shell (see
recipe)
1¼ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup brown sugar, packed ½ tsp salt |
½ cup butter or margarine
1 tsp baking soda 1 cup hot water ½ cup mild molasses |
1 egg
½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp ginger |
| 1. Combine butter, flour, sugar and
salt in a bowl. Mix until crumbly.
2. Stir baking soda in hot water. Add molasses, cinnamon, egg, nutmeg and ginger. Beat well. 3. Sprinkle 1/3 of flour mixture over bottom of pie shell. Pour molasses mixture into pie shell. Sprinkle with remaining flour mixture. 4. Bake on the bottom shelf in 180oC (350oF) oven for about 50 minutes. Makes 1 pie. |