My husband tells this joke (he says his grandpa said it): Do you think the rain will spoil the rhubarb? Not if it comes in cans. I don't get why that's funny. Then I googled it and found out its just a movie line. Um, still don't get it.
I love rhubarb crisp. Surprisingly, I had never had rhubarb pie. I was adamant that I needed to make one while it was in season. It makes me think of Garrison Keilor's Prairie Home Companion's bebop a reebop rhubarb pie. (I'm a Minnesota Native).
Recipe was from the All Recipes website:
Rhubarb and Strawberry Pie
I also used Barefoot Contessa's Perfect Pie Crust recipe.
Comments:
I didn't feel comfortable with the lattice, my dough kept ripping. I cheated. I just laid layers on top of each other. It's not as pretty, but honestly it didn't matter to anyone but myself.
The trick to using All Recipes is to read the comments. I mean read as many as you can. Thanks to these comments, I let the filling sit on my counter for two hours. Then I baked the pie for 10 minutes longer than the recipe requires. You will not be sorry because:
THE PIE WAS AMAZING!
I'm not kidding. My family ate all of it within 3 days. A record.
I've been making a version of these cookies for years. It started off so innocent, just adding some chocolate chips to the recipe I used from inside the lid of the Quaker Oats box. Then it evolved and evolved into something I claim as all mine. Someone once called these cookies better than a candy bar. This person might have been just being extra nice or rationalizing why he had more than one in 5 minutes, but I'll take it!
This version pictured below had no chocolate chips in them but butterscotch instead. I swap depending on my audience.
Betsy's Oatmeal Cookies
1c butter, softened
1c brown sugar
1/2 c white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3c flour
1 tsp baking soda
3 c oatmeal
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 c butterscotch or chocolate chips
1/2 c toffee bits
1/2 c golden raisins
1/2 c cinnamon chips
Preheat oven 350 degrees
1. cream butter and sugars
2. mix in eggs and vanilla
3. add flour, soda and spices
4. stir in oats, chips and raisins
5. drop onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet (no parchment paper? go ungreased)
6. bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees
Comments: If the cookies turn out too thin for your taste, put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes and try again. Still too thin? Lower your oven temperature. Still too thin? Add a little flour. I mean A LITTLE. After that, you are on your own.
Now Bake That!
