Sin On A Plate

Every once in a while I do right by my man and make him a meal like this. And by 'like this' I mean: meat, cheese, and not a green veggie in sight. Oh, and definitely NOT low-fat.

It's a real man's meal.

I got the original recipe from this cookbook. (It's not that great of a cook book - no pictures.) But I've tweaked it and changed it and made it my own. In other words: I made it a lot easier to make. Because I'm all about making dinner easy, especially when it comes to something this sinfully delicious. (If it's healthy I'm willing to put a little more effort into it!)

So, a la Pioneer Woman, here's my recipe for Sausage Apple Pie.

I start by making my own apple pie filling. Oh c'mon, it's not that hard to do. You cut and peel around 3 pounds of apples using this. Melt some butter in a big pan, saute the apples until they're a little soft, but still crunchy. Add 1/2 cup of sugar, a couple of shakes of cinnamon, and a couple dashes of salt. Saute until done and cool on a cookie sheet.

Then get out two boxes of pie crust mix. Make the crust with one of the boxes. (Hold on to the other box; we'll come back to it later.)

Pat the crust into the bottom of a deep pie or casserole dish. You can make it nice and pretty and smooth. Or you can do it like I did. Prick the bottom with a fork. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

Next, cook up one pound of sausage. I like the sage kind myself, but I bet something spicy would be yummy, too. Be sure to drain it - excessively greasy pie = gross pie.

Put the cooled apples on top of the crust. Mmmm...

Put all that healthy sausage on top of the sugar-laden apples.

Next, and this is gonna blow your mind, put on a bunch of slices of American Cheese. (Is that an angelic choir I hear?) I don't even really like American Cheese, but on here it works. Plus, it's Lance's favorite.

Now take that second box of pie crust mix and combine it with 3/4 cups of brown sugar. Sprinkle that star dust all over the top of the pie. Don't be stingy. (Although I do find that I only use about 3/4's of it.) Bake the whole thing at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

Take it out of the oven and serve warm.

Be sure to blow on it before you dig in - it's hot!

Just look at that... a heart attack waiting to happen. But don't worry, you'd die happy.

See, Lance loves it. (Or maybe he's having a heart attack...)

Even Spencer, who claims to hate anything served at dinner, dug right in.

What a magical meal - it even promotes family love and togetherness.

Thank you, Sausage Apple Pie. See you in six months! (Once we've worked off all the calories we consumed this evening...)