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Title: Rhubarb Bars
Categories: Bars, Cookies
Yield: 1 Batch

1 c Brown sugar; packed
1/2 c Butter; softened
1/2 c Margarine; softened
1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Pecans; chopped (optional)
1/2 c Quick-cooking rolled oats
3 c Fresh rhubarb;
- cut into small pieces
2 c Water; boiling
1/4 c Water; cold
2 tb Corn starch
1/2 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Vanilla

Heat oven to 375?F. Cream brown sugar, butter, and margarine. Combine
flour, soda, and salt; blend into brown sugar mixture. Stir in pecans
and oats. Press half of dough into 13x9x2" pan and set aside. Place
rhubarb in heat-proof container. Pour boiling water over the rhubarb
and let it stand 10 minutes to soften. Drain and set rhubarb aside.

Combine cold water and corn starch in saucepan. Stir in sugar and
rhubarb. Heat to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cook and stir
about 2 minutes until thick and clear. Cool slightly. Stir in
vanilla. Spread filling over pastry in pan. Sprinkle remaining dough
evenly over filling.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown and bubbly. Cool and cut
into bars.

Note:

If you don't like the appearance of cooked rhubarb, you can add a bit
a red food colouring to give it eye-appeal.

Recipe FROM: 10,000 Tastes of Minnesota

Posted by: Florence Thompson

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Hi Ben,

Don't know if it's the weather we've had the past couple of weeks or
something else, but this is the first Fido I've had in about 10 days. We escaped the worst of it--first storm gave us rain, snow, sleet and
freezing rain but a total of maybe 2 inches. This past week end we were
set to get slammed but our area was in a "dry pocket" and we ended up
with about 3.5 inches of snow. Down in Swansboro (on the coast) where we
used to live, they got 17 inches. First week end of March, 1980, when we
were there, that area got 18 inches. Anyway, we stayed in; I made
chicken soup on Saturday and split pea soup yesterday. The snow is
melting off but possibility of black ice tonight/tomorrow morning is
keeping us home for a few more days.

Title: Rhubarb Bars
Categories: Bars, Cookies
Yield: 1 Batch

I've got a slightly different version of rhubarb bars I'll have to dig
up and post. It has ginger, both candied and powdered in it, nicely complimenting the rhubarb.


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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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