Ingredients
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 pastry
- 180 ml boiling water
- 120 ml baking molasses
- 110 gr brown sugar
- 95 gr flour
- 9 gr butter
- 2 gr baking soda
- 1 gr cinnamon
- 1 gr salt
- 1 gr nutmeg
- 1 gr ginger (ground)
Dissolve soda in boiling water and add to egg and molasses. Set aside. Stir dry ingredients together, mixing well. Cut in shortening until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Pour molasses into pie shell. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over top. Do not stir. Bake at 230ºC or 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake 20 minutes longer. Cool and serve.
