Instructions: Blend brown sugar, flour, shortening, and butter together with a pastry blender. Put aside 1/2 cup of this mixture. In another bowl, mix the hot water and soda. Then add the molasses and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix thoroughly. Pour into the pie shell or pour into a 8" or 9" greased pie pan or 8" square pan. Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup mixture that was set aside. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

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