Recently, I've had a hankering for a chocolate pie.  However, those who know my culinary style are well aware that pie crust is the bane of my baking existence.  Technically, I can make it work, but it takes a lot out of me.  As such, I'm always intimidated when I stand at the beginning of the entire process, hoping it will end up being worth it.

This time, I just didn't have it in me.  I was just making this for our enjoyment and had no need to present it beautifully or even be able to serve it in slices.  Add on the fact that at high altitude, our experiences has been that it doesn't set up well and ends up pretty soupy anyway and we decided it wasn't worth trying to form any kind of particular pie shape.

As such, the Larissa-style Pie was born.

Basically, I made the pie filling as usual, but rather than making a pie crust in a pie pan, I simply mixed up the dough, then rolled it out flat on a cookie sheet to cook.  To eat it, we can just scoop some filling into a bowl, toss some pieces of crust on top and dig in.  It ain't pretty, but it tastes exactly the same and I didn't stress at all!  Added bonus: No lost dough bits from trimming it to fit in the pan - we'll enjoy every last crumb.

Take it from me...if you don't need a fancy dessert, make it the lazy way and enjoy it even more!  I'm sure I'll be doing this again much sooner than I would attempt the traditional form.