oatmeal rhubarb crumb bars
 
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Serves: 9bars
Ingredients
  • for filing:
  • butter for greasing pan
  • 2½cups fresh rhubarb, diced into 1" pieces
  • ¼cup brown sugar (or ½cup if you need it sweet)
  • ¼cup water
  • 1tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • for crust and crumble:
  • 1cup all purpose flour
  • 1cup old fashioned oats
  • ½cup brown sugar
  • 1tsp lemon zest
  • ¼tsp kosher salt
  • ¼tsp cinnamon
  • ¼tsp baking soda
  • 6tbsp melted butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 325ºF and line an 8X8 baking dish with parchment paper.
  2. In a small sauce pan combine rhubarb, brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil then allow to simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until rhubarb has all broken down. Add the lemon and vanilla and stir. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before using.
  3. Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, lemon zest, salt, cinnamon and baking soda in a bowl. Add butter and combine with hands. Mixture will be crumbly.
  4. Reserve ¾cup of the flour/oat mixture and press the rest evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spread rhubarb mixture evenly on top of that and sprinkle remaining flour/oat mixture over the rhubarb.
  5. Bake on middle rack for 40 minutes. Allow to cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Store in airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. Enjoy!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2016/05/18/oatmeal-rhubarb-crumb-bars/