Rhubarb Nut Bread - An Amish Rhubarb Bread Recipe
Rhubarb Nut Bread is an old fashioned rhubarb bread recipe with a crumble topping. This Amish Rhubarb Bread recipe makes two loaves, making it a great recipe to share with friends or freeze for later.
Servings: 2 loaves
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2/3 cups vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups diced rhubarb
- 1/2 cups chopped nuts
Crumble Topping
- 1 Tablespoon softened butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
- Whisk together brown sugar, vegetable oil and egg until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
- Mix buttermilk and vanilla extract in a different bowl.
- Alternately add wet and dry ingredients to brown sugar mixture until combined.
- Stir in rhubarb and nuts.
- Pour evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
- For crumble topping, use your fingers or pastry cutter to press butter into brown sugar until small pea-sized chunks form. Sprinkle over both loaves.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing the rhubarb nut bread.
Notes
- If needed, substitute canola oil for vegetable oil.
- I recommend chopped walnuts or pecans for the nuts; however, the nuts can be omitted completely.
- Omit the crumble topping, if desired. It's adds a great layer of flavor, so I recommend keeping it!
- Not familiar with rhubarb? Check out everything you need to know about rhubarb in this helpful post!