shoo-fly pie

American  

[shoo-flahy] / ˈʃuˌflaɪ /

noun

1. an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.

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Etymology

Origin of shoo-fly pie

First recorded in 1925–30; so called in allusion to the attractiveness of the molasses to unwanted flies

Example Sentences

But three days a week in Laurel, Stoltzfus Bakery sells a good-and-gooey shoo-fly pie at the Dutch Country Farmer’s Market, a sprawling indoor marketplace packed with sweet and savory goods from Pennsylvania Dutch producers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2015

These days, the best places to find shoo-fly pie are the same ones we’ve always sought out: Pennsylvania Dutch bakeries, which, as the name implies, are usually found way, way north of the D.C. border.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2015