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       Title: COUNTRY MOLASSES PIE
  Categories: Penndutch, Pies
       Yield: 1 servings
  
     3/4 c  Flour
     1/2 c  Sugar
       1 T  Butter
     1/4 c  Molasses
     1/4 c  Water, boiling
     1/4 t  Baking soda
       1 x  *pastry
  
   Mix the first 3 ingredients together, using the hands, and pinching
   mixture until very fine. Add the water to the molasses and soda and
   beat until this is foamy and rises. Pour this into a pie pan lined
   with pastry (a deep pan is preferable) and taking a spoon, mix the
   above crumbs well into the molasses filling. Bake at 325-F for 30
   minutes.
   Source:  Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
   Arts Press, 1936.
  
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