Description
Follow this recipe to make a simple, balanced dessert featuring sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb under a crunchy oat topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups fresh rhubarb, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar (for fruit filling)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (for fruit filling)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (for topping)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (for topping)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius). Lightly grease an 8×8 inch baking dish.
- In a large bowl, gently combine the rhubarb, strawberries, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and vanilla extract. Mix until the fruit is evenly coated.
- Pour the fruit mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread it into an even layer.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the 1/2 cup flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt for the topping.
- Cut the cold butter cubes into the dry topping mixture using a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some pea-sized pieces of butter remaining.
- Sprinkle the topping mixture evenly over the fruit filling in the baking dish.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the fruit filling is bubbling thickly around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and let the crisp cool on a wire rack for at least 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
- For a gluten-free topping, substitute the all-purpose flour with a gluten-free all-purpose blend containing xanthan gum.
- If your rhubarb is very tart, you may add up to 1/4 cup more granulated sugar to the fruit mixture.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or lightly sweetened whipped cream.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 50 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 35
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 11
- Unsaturated Fat: 7
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 48
- Fiber: 5
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 45