Shoofly pie

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• Shoofly pie — (or shoo fly pie) is a molasses pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and also known in Southern cooking. The more common version of the recipe mdash; sometimes referred to as wet bottom mdash; consists of a layer of sweet,… …   Wikipedia

• Shoofly pie — mit Himbeerfüllung Trockener Shoofly pie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• shoofly pie — shoo′fly pie′ n. coo an open pie filled with a mixture of flour, butter, brown sugar, molasses, etc., and baked • Etymology: 1930–35, amer.; allegedly alluding to the attractiveness of the molasses to unwanted flies …   From formal English to slang

• shoofly pie — noun open pie filled with a mixture of sweet crumbs and molasses • Hypernyms: ↑pie …   Useful english dictionary

• shoofly pie — noun Date: 1924 a rich pie of Pennsylvania Dutch origin made of molasses or brown sugar sprinkled with a crumbly mixture of flour, sugar, and butter …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shoofly pie — n (AmE) an open pie filled with a mixture of brown sugar and molasses (= a dark, sweet, thick liquid obtained from sugar). It takes its name from the fact that people have to shoo (= frighten away) flies that are attracted to it. * * * …   Universalium

• shoofly pie — noun A fluffy pie made from molasses, traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch …   Wiktionary

• shoofly — ☆ shoofly [sho͞o′flī΄ ] n. 1. [< phr. shoo, fly, don t bother me, in a Civil War nonsense song] Historical a kind of shuffling dance 2. a child s rocker with a seat mounted between supports typically designed in the form of horses, swans, etc …   English World dictionary

• Shoofly — can refer to*Shoofly pie *A temporary short routing around a small construction site or other obstruction see Rail terminology and Bypass (road) …   Wikipedia

• Pie — This article is about the baked good. For the mathematical constant, see Pi. For other uses, see Pie (disambiguation). A slice of an …   Wikipedia