An interesting crumb pie, made better with chocolate!
Author: Just a Pinch
Recipe type: Pie
Cuisine: Pennsylvania Dutch
Serves: 6-8 slices
Ingredients
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
¼ tsp baking soda
1⅓ c boiling water
1½ c chocolate syrup
½ c sugar
¼ tsp salt
1⅓ c flour
¼ tsp baking soda
⅓ c butter or margarine
Instructions
Dissolve ¼ teaspoon baking soda in boiling water. Stir in chocolate syrup. Set aside. Combine flour, sugar, ¼ teaspoon baking soda and salt. Cut in butter or margarine with pastry blender to form coarse crumbs.
Set aside 1 cup each of chocolate syrup mixture and crumbs.
Gently combine remaining chocolate mixture and crumbs, stirring just until crumbs are moistened (mixture will be lumpy).
Pour reserved cup of chocolate mixture into unbaked pastry shell and spread chocolate-crumb mixture evenly over liquid in shell. Top with remaining cup crumbs.
Bake at 375 degrees for 60 minutes or until set.
Recipe by People, Places and Pies at https://peopleplacespies.com/enjoying-the-best-of-philly-pie-at-the-reading-terminal-market-chocolate-shoofly-pie-beilers-bakery/