Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Kids in the Kitchen: Fly Guy Approved! Shoo Fly Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream

You know what's really special? Snuggling under a warm blanket on a chilly morning with your little guy while he reads to you for an hour. 

"Shoo, Fly Guy!"

Have you seen the Fly Guy books? It's a series of Scholastic early readers about a boy named Buzz who has a pet fly.

 

And Balsam Fir thinks they're funny!


The books are really too easy for him, but sometimes you just gotta read for pleasure rather than challenge, right? And it's a wonderful way to build his self-confidence and enjoyment with reading.

Fly Guy's favorite food is "brown, oozy, lumpy, and smelly" Shoo Fly Pie. Go figure! ::wink:: I had a "light bulb" moment and asked Balsam Fir if he would like to MAKE a Shoo Fly Pie. 

"Shoo Fly Pie is really a pie?"

So, I searched All Recipes on-line and found this simple Shoo Fly Pie recipe. But wait - no crust! (Yes, I buy my crusts and just roll them out! ::wink::) Could we REALLY make the crust from scratch too? 

I found a pie crust recipe on All Recipes called "Easy to Remember Pie Crust" here with only 3 ingredients. And you know what? It worked! We can actually make a decent pie crust from scratch! 


Well, at least my 7-year-old can! ::laugh::

Once the crust was chilled, rolled out, trimmed, and filled with our Shoo Fly molasses layer and brown sugar-flour crumble, we waited impatiently for it to bake and cool. It smelled wonderful! And then we topped it with French vanilla ice cream...


and we had one proud chef-in-training!


But we're still working on this part! ::sigh::


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7 comments:

  1. Yum!! I'm with you on the crust part, we go with Pillsbury refrigerated dough. Tastes yummy:)

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  2. I think we made one a while back. How fun for him.

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  3. I meant to ask you, aren't you the winner of my Amish cookbook giveaway? There was a recipe in that cookbook.

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    1. I was! But my Dad was flipping through it and decided that HE wanted my MOM to try some of the recipes and they've had it ever since! LOL

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  4. Too funny! Well I do hope you get it back soon.

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  5. Oh, yum! Just wanted to let you know your post is up at ATB.

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  6. Oh hey, good reminder! I need to look these books up at the library. My 8yr old needs some encouragement reading. He is struggling right now.

    Years ago I had the same panic, pie was wanted, no crust in the freezer!!! So I had to make one from a very old recipe book. It turned out amazing and no one in this house has let me go back :-( I am so glad you found something that worked. I had no idea Shoo Fly Pie was real??

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