shoofly pie

shoofly pie
n (AmE)
an open pie filled with a mixture of brown sugar and molasses (= a dark, sweet, thick liquid obtained from sugar). It takes its name from the fact that people have to shoo (= frighten away) flies that are attracted to it.

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