My neighbor Karen brought this over and we scraped the bowl clean. Comfort food at its finest. Just 4 ingredients.

This slow cooker 4-ingredient sausage and pierogies dish is the kind of neighborly comfort food that shows up on a chilly evening and disappears in minutes. Think smoky sausage rounds, pillowy potato pierogies, and sweet onions all bathed in a simple buttery sauce. Dishes like this trace back to Eastern European pierogi traditions, but here in the Midwest we lean into the convenience of frozen pierogies and a slow cooker. It’s a set-it-and-forget-it recipe that feels like a hug in a bowl, and yes, the kind you scrape absolutely clean.