Chocolate Shoo Fly Pie

Name: Chocolate Shoo Fly Pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Basic Pie Shell; 1 can Chocolate Syrup; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda Divided; 1 1/3 cup Boiling Water; 1 tsp Vanilla; 1 1/3 cup Flour; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/3 cup Butter; 1 Cinnamon For Sprinkling

Erin Burns @cook_3284810

This recipe is from my childhood, not sure where my parents got it from but my mom always hated making it! She always preferred making cookies. I started making it a few years ago and it's become one of my easiest and most popular recipes.

Erin Burns @cook_3284810

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Ingredients

1Basic Pie Shell
1 canChocolate Syrup
1/2 tspBaking Soda Divided
1 1/3 cupBoiling Water
1 tspVanilla
1 1/3 cupFlour
1/2 cupSugar
1/4 tspSalt
1/3 cupButter
1Cinnamon For Sprinkling

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Steps

1

Combine chocolate syrup, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda and water in bowl and gently mix. Add vanilla and set aside.
2

Combine flour, sugar, remaining baking soda and salt in separate bowl. Gently cut in butter with pastry cutter until crumbs are formed. Set aside 1 cup of crumb mixture.
3

Pour 1 cup of chocolate mixture into unbaked pie shell. Pour remaining chocolate mixture into bowl with crumb mixture and gentle stir.
4

Pour mixture into pie shell and sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon.
5

Bake in preheated oven at 375°F for 1 hour. Can be served with whip cream on top.