Old Fashioned Rhubarb Cobbler is delicious eaten plain or with ice cream. With just a few steps and simple ingredients, you can have a homemade dessert everyone will love.
Rhubarb Crumble is super easy to prepare. The first layer consists of diced rhubarb coated in sugar and flour. Then a crumble layer made of flour, sugar and egg is sprinkled over top. Drizzle melted butter and sprinkle nutmeg, and it’s ready to go into the oven. Sound simple? It is!
Old Fashioned Rhubarb Cobbler Recipe:
It’s rhubarb season. I spend the entire year marking rhubarb recipes in my vintage cookbooks. So when my Dad’s plant took right off the last couple weeks, I ran right out and started baking.
My first recipe this year is this easy rhubarb cobbler recipe that I pinned in My Shelby County Homemakers Cook book from 1980. It reminds me a lot of my Grandma’s Apple Crisp and Cherry Crisp, both recipes feature toppings without oatmeal.
How to Make Easy Rhubarb Crisp:
Instructions:
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour and sugar; add diced rhubarb and stir to coat.
- Pour the rhubarb in the bottom of a baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Prepare the crumble topping by mixing flour, sugar and a beaten egg. Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb layer.
- Pour melted margarine over top. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
- Eat alone or with vanilla ice cream.
For the full instructions for rhubarb crumble, scroll to the bottom of this post.
Notes About Easy Rhubarb Crumble:
- Our particular variety of rhubarb plant has very green stalks. Your crumble may be more red in color if yours is a different variety. They are both tasty.
- If you don’t have a 2 quart baking dish, use an 8 x 8 inch or 9 x 9 inch instead.
- Rhubarb is very bitter in flavor. If you like a really sweet rhubarb dessert, add more sugar to the bottom layer that coats the rhubarb.
- Substitute butter for margarine if desired in this easy rhubarb cobbler.
- If you aren’t a fan or nutmeg, leave it out or replace with ground cinnamon.
More Easy Rhubarb Dessert Recipes:
- Rhubarb Coffee Cake
- Strawberry Rhubarb Jam with Jello
- Rhubarb Quick Bread
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
- Grandma’s Rhubarb Pie
- Rhubarb Streusel Dessert
- Rhubarb Muffins
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Old Fashioned Rhubarb Cobbler
Ingredients
Bottom Layer
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 3 cups rhubarb, diced
Crumble layer
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 Tablespoons melted margarine
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 2 quart baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- For rhubarb layer: in a small bowl, whisk flour and sugar; add diced rhubarb and stir to coat.
- Pour the rhubarb into the prepared baking dish.
- For the crumble layer: mix flour, sugar and beaten egg until it resembles small crumbles. Sprinkle over the rhubarb layer.
- Drizzle melted margarine over the crumble. Sprinkle with ground nutmeg.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
- Serve as is or with ice cream.
Notes
- Our particular variety of rhubarb plant has very green stalks. Your crumble may be more red in color if yours is a different variety. They are both tasty.
- If you don't have a 2 quart baking dish, use an 8 x 8 inch or 9 x 9 inch dish instead.
- Rhubarb is very bitter in flavor. If you like a really sweet rhubarb dessert, add more sugar to the bottom layer that coats the rhubarb.
- Substitute butter for margarine if desired in this easy rhubarb cobbler.
- If you aren't a fan or nutmeg, leave it out or replace with ground cinnamon.
- Find many more rhubarb dessert recipes here!
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