Shoo fly pie has molasses as a main flavor ingredient as does ginger bread. I googled a few recipes though and when shoo fly pie has ginger it is only in very small amounts. Still, it might be what you are looking for.

Jim

Hi Jimster, thanks for googling. I don't think it was a shoo fly pie, it was very light-colored. It just might be a fictional movie pie, who knows. :o)

So, I'm curious, what was the name of the Movie?

How about this recipe for ginger pie.

Found on Rowley's Whiskey Forge

Ginger Pie

1 unbaked pie crust
�-1/3 cup minced young ginger
2.5 oz aged rum*
1.5 cups sugar
8 Tbl unsalted butter, room temperature
� tsp salt
3 eggs
2.5 Tbl all purpose flour
� cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest

At least one hour before beginning, combine the ginger and rum in a small bowl or jar and set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at the time and mix after each addition. Add remaining ingredients, including the rum and ginger, and combine thoroughly.

Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie crust and bake at 350F about 50 minutes, until the center has mostly set, but is still just a little wobbly � it will firm on standing. It should have a slightly darkened, crusty top. If necessary, cover the pan with a tented piece of aluminum foil or an overturned stainless steel bowl to prevent overbrowning while the pie bakes.

Warm, the pie cries for heavy dollops of whipped cream barely able to hold itself together. Cold, it�s best to sneak mall slivers while the rest of the house sleeps.

Ann, the fractions aren't converting for me:

1 unbaked pie crust
�-1/3 cup minced young ginger
2.5 oz aged rum*
1.5 cups sugar
8 Tbl unsalted butter, room temperature
� tsp salt
3 eggs
2.5 Tbl all purpose flour
� cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest

Can you fill in the ?

Thanks!

Click the link Ann posted, the recipe is on that site.

Harold and Maude?

There is another recipe here for Ginger Pie/Cake that references Harold and Maude.

Eileen, does this work for you?

Ginger Pie

1 unbaked pie crust
1/4 to 1/3 cup minced young ginger
2 1/2 oz aged rum*
1 1/2 cups sugar
8 Tbl unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
2 1/2 Tbl all purpose flour
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest

At least one hour before beginning, combine the ginger and rum in a small bowl or jar and set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at the time and mix after each addition. Add remaining ingredients, including the rum and ginger, and combine thoroughly.

Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie crust and bake at 350F about 50 minutes, until the center has mostly set, but is still just a little wobbly  it will firm on standing. It should have a slightly darkened, crusty top. If necessary, cover the pan with a tented piece of aluminum foil or an overturned stainless steel bowl to prevent overbrowning while the pie bakes.

Warm, the pie cries for heavy dollops of whipped cream barely able to hold itself together. Cold, itÂs best to sneak mall slivers while the rest of the house sleeps.

Yes, it was the movie Harold and Maude. Ann T., that is the recipe I referred to, from someone who also got curious about ginger pie because of the movie and couldn't find a recipe, so he made up his own. I am just wondering if there is a real recipe for it, one of those old-fashioned elusive ones. :o)

Yes! Thank you. I might have to make this.

Ginger Pie? Ginger Pie???

*swoons*

That just sounds soooo good.

I think you'd need a Viennese recipe if Maude is for real!

I checked google.at yesterday, but the only recipes I could find were ginger cake recipes. I think I might try the made-up ginger whiskey pie, it does look good.