Bacon Apple Pie

We were pretty sure this one would be good -- and indeed, we were mightily pleased. My friend ewondergirl was visiting for the weekend, and cheerfully joined in on our reindeer games.

The pie crust was provided by ewondergirl, who uses this recipe. She uses all butter (9 Tbsp = approx 125g), and adds 1/2 to 1 tbsp of sugar if making a sweet pie. A covered pie required a double batch of crust, though we also had some left over to make disturbingly delicious fudge tarts with.

Why did we have fudge on hand? Because we couldn't find any maple sugar at the grocery store. Originally we were going to use half regular sugar and half maple sugar, but improvisation is delectable:

BACON APPLE PIE

6-8 apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
Unbaked pie crust
1/3-1/2 C sugar (if not adding fudge, 1/2-3/4 C sugar)
3 small squares maple fudge, crumbled (optional)
6-8 slices bacon (fried, patted dry, broken into mid-sized pieces)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1 small block sharp cheddar



Fry bacon. Preheat oven to 400. Slice apples. Place bottom crust in pie plate. Add apples, bacon and fudge crumbles (we used two layers). Add sugar, cinnamon and allspice, then place top crust on pie. Make sure to cut vents in the top crust. Bake 30 mins, until crust is browned and pie is bubbling.





Serve each piece of warm pie with a slice of sharp cheddar cheese.

Verdict: delicious.