TELFORD \u2014 A piece of Pennsylvania Dutch culinary history now has a permanent home in the Bucks County portion of Telford Borough, where officials have unveiled the state\u2019s first \u201cHungry for History\u201d marker recognizing the origins of shoofly pie.<\/p>\n
The marker was installed at the historic farmhouse on the campus of\u00a0Lutheran Community at Telford\u00a0through a grant from the\u00a0William G. Pomeroy Foundation. The designation marks Pennsylvania\u2019s first entry in the foundation\u2019s new food-focused historical marker program.<\/p>\n
Located at 345 E. Church St., near County Line Road, the site will feature the 10-foot marker following planned renovations to the farmhouse and nearby barn as part of an ongoing capital campaign. The location will also be added to a global interactive map and national tour program highlighting historically significant food sites.<\/p>\n
According to the marker\u2019s inscription, shoofly pie traces its roots to 1876, when a dessert known as \u201cCentennial Cake\u201d was introduced during celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Over time, the recipe evolved and became widely known as shoofly pie, eventually becoming a staple of Pennsylvania Dutch baking by the early 20th century.<\/p>\n
Officials said the recognition aligns with the nation\u2019s Semiquincentennial, celebrating 250 years since the founding of the United States, and reflects a shared mission between Lutheran Community at Telford\u2019s parent organization, Grace Inspired Living, and the Pomeroy Foundation to preserve and share local history for future generations.<\/p>\n
Shoofly pie remains a well-known regional favorite across Bucks and Montgomery counties, and the new marker cements its place as both a cultural and culinary symbol tied to the area\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie Recipe<\/p>\n
If the story has you craving a slice, here\u2019s a classic wet-bottom shoofly pie recipe to try at home:<\/p>\n
Ingredients:<\/p>\n
1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust<\/p>\n
1 cup molasses<\/p>\n
1 cup boiling water<\/p>\n
1 teaspoon baking soda<\/p>\n
1 \u00bd cups flour<\/p>\n
\u00be cup brown sugar<\/p>\n
\u00bc cup granulated sugar<\/p>\n
\u00bd teaspoon cinnamon<\/p>\n
\u00bc teaspoon nutmeg<\/p>\n
\u00bd cup butter<\/p>\n
Instructions:<\/p>\n
In a bowl, dissolve baking soda in boiling water, thPreheat oven to 375\u00b0F.en stir in molasses. Set aside.<\/p>\n
In another bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.<\/p>\n
Cut in butter until mixture becomes crumbly.<\/p>\n
Pour molasses mixture into pie crust.<\/p>\n
Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over top.<\/p>\n
Bake for 40\u201345 minutes, until set with a soft, gooey bottom layer.<\/p>\n
Serve warm \u2014 or the next morning with coffee, the Pennsylvania Dutch way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TELFORD \u2014 A piece of Pennsylvania Dutch culinary history now has a permanent home in the Bucks County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[197,182,139,28,30,29,74223,63854,1444],"class_list":["post-164759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-bucks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-souderton-independent","tag-telford","tag-top-stories-lan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}