The Best Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

The Best Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

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Did you know that rhubarb doesn’t grow everywhere? That’s just about the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. As a lifelong Minnesota girl, I absolutely adore rhubarb—it’s one of the very first things to grow here after our long winters, and we sure enjoy using it in every way we can. Let me share with you my favorite rhubarb crisp recipe.

Why is it my favorite? Because, one word: butter.

Ingredients for Rhubarb Crisp

(scroll to the bottom for a printable recipe!)

Fruit filling

8 cups rhubarb, cut up

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup flour

2 tsp cinnamon

Topping

2 1/2 cup rolled oats

1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3/4 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 cups butter (that’s 3 sticks, folks!)

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

How to make Rhubarb Crisp

Put the cup up rhubarb in a bowl and sprinkle with 1 cup of white sugar, 1/2 cup of flour, and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Mix until the rhubarb is well coated. Pour this into a 9×13 cake pan.

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

Next it’s time to make the topping — and this is where the magic is. Did you catch that the topping has 3 sticks of butter in it?

Yeah. That’s not a typo. This rhubarb crisp is shameless in it’s awesomeness. (That’s a reminder for you to be shameless in yours as well.)

Place all the topping ingredients into another bowl and cut the butter in with a pastry blender until the butter is evenly distributed and the mixture is pretty crumbly.

Pour the topping on top of the fruit in the 9×13 pan. Admire how lovely it looks, that shameless butter filled topping. My word, mama. Is your mouth watering? Because mine is.

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

 

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

Pop that beautiful creation into a 350 degree oven for 60-70 minutes until the top is lightly browned and the fruit filling is bubbly.

Now? You eat it.

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

Actually, wait. Let it cool ever so slightly, then put some ice cream on it, and then you eat it.

Post pictures on Facebook eating this rhubarb crisp, declaring that it’s the best thing ever because 3 sticks of butter makes the best crisp topping.

Or, you know, invite people over to share it with you.

But if you don’t, I’ll never tell.

A simple but shamelessly delicious recipe for rhubarb crisp because of one word: butter. And lots of it. It's my favorite!

Don’t want to make rhubarb crisp? Here are some of my other favorite things to do with rhubarb…

My husband’s favorite rhubarb treat is strawberry rhubarb pie, but he’s also taken a liking to my sour cream rhubarb cake.

And while I’m all about baking all the things, sometimes it’s too hot to bake when the rhubarb is ready. In this case, my go-to recipe is strawberry rhubarb slush—a lovely summer icee of sorts that can made with or without alcohol.

Enjoy rhubarb season. It’s not nearly long enough, but it’s welcome every single year.

The Best Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

My favorite rhubarb crisp recipe: simple to make, and shamelessly delicious because of one word: butter -- and lots of it.

Ingredients

Fruit Filling

  • 8 cup rhubarb, cut up/diced
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tsps. cinnamon

Topping

  • 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsps. cinnamon
  • 3 sticks butter

Instructions

1. Put the rhubarb in a large bowl and sprinkle with 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and 2 tsp cinnamon. Mix until rhubarb is well coated. Pour rhubarb into 9x13 pan.

2. Place all other ingredients in big mixing bowl and cut the butter in with a pastry blender until butter is evenly distributed and mixture is crumbly. Pour on top of rhubarb in pan.

3. Bake in 350 degree oven for 60-70 minutes. Top should be browned and fruit filling should be soft and bubbly. Enjoy!

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