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Skip the fancy spots—these humble Pennsylvania restaurants are baking up homemade pies that taste like pure comfort.
If you've ever been curious about why shoofly pie is named as such, then here's what you should know about this dessert's wild and rambunctious history.
There’s a windmill on the horizon in Lancaster County that’s been calling to sweet-toothed travelers for generations, standing tall above Dutch Haven Bakery in Ronks, Pennsylvania – where whoopie pies ...
While Pennsylvania remains the heartland of Amish culture, the irresistible appeal of their food has reached far beyond its ...
Unlike the story behind Fig Newtons, the histories behind Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine and culture are far from hidden. As people migrated from Germany and settled in eastern Pennsylvania in the 18th ...
Each bite of shoofly pie connects you to the Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants who brought these recipes with them from Europe, adapting them to the ingredients available in their new American home.
This sweet treat is a staple of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, but where exactly did this recipe — and name — come from?
What is shoofly pie? “Shoofly pie is a molasses crumb cake baked in a pie crust,” William Woys Weaver, an expert in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine and culture and author of “As American as Shoofly Pie,” ...
What is shoofly pie? “Shoofly pie is a molasses crumb cake baked in a pie crust,” William Woys Weaver, an expert in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine and culture and author of “As American as Shoofly Pie,” ...
Shoofly pie is a sweet molasses pie recipe with a rich, gooey filling and crumb topping. The iconic treat is a classic from Lancaster County, PA!