shoofly pie

/ ˈʃuːˌflaɪ /

noun

1. a dessert similar to treacle tart

Example Sentences

As he carried chicken corn soup, horseradish and shoofly pie to his vehicle, Olivio recalled how the Amish people seemed less welcoming at his first Gordonville sale about 40 years ago.

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The seating area in the market’s center is where guests can sample shoofly pie and scrapple, along with old-school favorites like Philly cheese steaks and hoagies.

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Surrounded today by its own mini-Beltway, the town that welcomed German dissenters in 1729, served briefly as the U.S. capital and put shoofly pie on the map is a bustling small city.

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I have had a 15-year-long love affair with shoofly pie since I first tried it on a family trip to Lancaster County.

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Then the bake-off round involves a dessert inspired by the Pennsylvania classic shoofly pie.

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