In honor of spring and rhubarb season we made Rhubarb Bars and Rhubarb Sauce with our first pick of the year. My Mom practically has a rhubarb plantation.....well, I'm not sure what really constitutes a "plantation" but she has about a 20 foot row of it that has been growing there since I was a kid---and that's a loooong time! It supplies all of our family plus many friends and neighbors for the duration of the growing season. My Mom lives about 5 hours away from us but she and my Grandma were here visiting last weekend to pick up their new puppy and to celebrate Mother's Day. So she brought both our family and my sister a huge bag of rhubarb from the first pickins'! Yum Yum!
Our stash went from this:
To This:
Here is our recipe for Rhubarb Bars......
Rhubarb Bars
Rhubarb Sauce
Cook till thick:
3c. fresh rhubarb
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. water
2 T cornstarch
1 t vanilla
Crust/Topping
1 1/2 c. oats
1 1/2 c. flour
1 c. butter
1/2 t. baking soda
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. nuts--optional
Mix together crust/topping ingredients until it resembles small crumbles and pat 1/2 of mixture in a 9x13 pan to form a crust. Pour rhubarb sauce over top of crust. Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture on top of rhubarb sauce. Pat down gently. Bake at 350 for approximately 20-40 minutes.
*You can add raspberries, apples or strawberries or peaches in with the rhubarb sauce for slightly different flavors.
I've have heard over and over that even those people that don't like rhubarb love Rhubarb Bars!
Have a great day!
Wendy
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