Old Fashioned Rhubarb Pie Recipes

OLD FASHIONED RHUBARB COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spread rhubarb into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Beat 3/4 cup white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; stir in 1 cup flour, milk, baking powder, vanilla extract, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Pour batter over rhubarb.
• Mix 1 cup sugar, cornstarch, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl; sprinkle over batter. Pour boiling water over sugar mixture layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cobbler is lightly browned, about 1 hour.

FRESH RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Combine sugar and flour. Sprinkle 1/4 of it over pastry in pie plate. Heap rhubarb over this mixture. Sprinkle with remaining sugar and flour. Dot with small pieces of butter. Cover with top crust.
• Place pie on lowest rack in oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

DOUBLE-CRUST RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Add eggs; whisk until smooth. Gently stir in rhubarb. , On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim even with rim. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top., Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 45-50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.

RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add bottom crust to pie plate.
• In a large bowl combine the sugar, tapioca flour, and zest. Add rhubarb and toss to coat.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon coarse sugar over the bottom of the pie crust, to help keep it from getting soggy. Pour rhubarb mixture into pie pan.
• Cut butter into small pieces and dot over the top of the rhubarb filling.
• Roll out second pie crust and place on top. Trim, seal and flute edges and cut a few slits (a small X) on top to allow air to escape.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for about 1 hour (tent the top of the pie loosely with aluminum foil part way through cooking to keep the crust from browning too much).
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 4 hours before cutting. After it cools, refrigerate for up to 4 days.

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Steps:

• 1 FOR THE CRUST: Preheat oven to 425ºF. 2 Whisk flour and salt in large mixing bowl to blend. Add butter and rub in with fingertips or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle ice water over mixture a little at a time; mix in with fork or fingertips until dough just comes together. Gather into ball; divide into 2 equal pieces. Wrap each piece in plastic and refrigerate 15 minutes. 3 Roll out one dough piece on lightly floured work surface to 12-inch round, about 1/4-inch thick. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass or ceramic pie dish. Trim any overhang with a knife. 4 FOR THE FILLING: Whisk flour, sugar and salt in large bowl to blend. 5 Spoon rhubarb mixture into prepared crust. Dot mixture with butter. 6 Roll out second dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12-inch round. Using scalloped pastry cutter, cut into 24 half-inch wide strips. Arrange dough strips across top of filling forming lattice and weaving strips if desired. Trim dough strips even with overhang on bottom crust. Tuck ends of dough strips and overhang under; press to seal. Crimp edges decoratively. 7 Bake at 425ºF for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350ºF. Bake until crust is golden, rhubarb is tender and juice bubbles, about 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes before serving.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Make or purchase a pie crust - enough for a bottom and top crust.
• Divide the dough into two balls; one ball slightly bigger than the other. Flatten the balls into discs and refrigerate them for at least 30 minutes.
• Hull and Slice the strawberries. Remove the green leaves and slice the rhubarb into 1/2 inch pieces. Combine the rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and lemon juice in a large bowl. Mix well.
• Preheat your oven to 425˚ F.
• Remove the dough discs from the refrigerator and roll the larger one out into a 12 inch circle. Gently press the circle into a 9-10 inch pie plate and tuck in the edges instead of trimming them. Set aside.
• Roll out the smaller disc into an 11 inch circle and cut 1 inch strips with a knife or decorative cutter. Set aside.
• Spread your strawberry rhubarb filling into the bottom crust.
• Place six dough strips horizontally across the pie, about ¾ inches apart. Working from the right side, peel back strips 1,3 and 5 and place a new strip vertically across the pie on the far right side. Lay the peeled strips back over, covering the vertical strip. Next, again working from the right, peel back strips 2, 4 and 6 and place a new strip vertically across the pie next to the other vertical one. Lay the peeled strips back over. Repeat this process twice, working your way right to left. Tuck in the edges of the lattice into the folded edge of the pie.
• Brush the top of the pie crust with cream and sprinkle with coarse sugar (optional)
• Bake the pie on the center rack for 20 minutes at 425˚F.
• Decrease the temperature to 375˚ F and bake an additional 50 minutes.
• Cool completely before cutting. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Roll half the pie dough out to about 3 inches wider than the pie pan, and transfer it to the pie dish. Refrigerate the bottom crust while preparing the filling.
• Place the chopped rhubarb, halved strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a large bowl and toss together to coat the fruit in the dry ingredients.
• Transfer the filling to the refrigerated pie crust.
• Dot with butter, and refrigerate while the top crust is prepared.
• Roll the second half of the pie dough out to about 3 inches wider than the pie pan.
• Cut into strips and arrange in a lattice pattern over the filled pie.*
• Trim excess, roll & crimp the edge, brush with egg wash, and sprinkle with clear sparkling sugar.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees F, then lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 45 to 55 minutes, or until evenly browned and bubbling.
• Cool for 2 hours before cutting and serving.

OLD FASHIONED RHUBARB CUSTARD PIE LIKE MOM USED TO MAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450° F. Roll out half of the pastry dough. (Keep the dough for the top crust chilled.) Line the pie plate with the bottom crust.
• Combine 1 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of flour. Mix in eggs and rhubarb. Sprinkle the remaining tablespoon of flour into the bottom of the crust. Pour rhubarb filling into the bottom crust.
• Roll out top crust (if desired). Cut vent holes or weave into lattice. Apply to top of pie. Crimp edges to seal.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar over the crust. (Skip if using a single crust.)
• Bake at 450 F for 10 minutes to set the crust. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 F and bake about 30 minutes more or until the custard is set. Cool before serving. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

OLD FASHIONED RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• 1. Dice rhubarb into 1" pieces, add sugar and zest and mix. Add to dough lined pie plate, sprinkle w/flour and dot w/butter. Top with second crust and bake 45 min. at 400 degrees.

CLASSIC RHUBARB CUSTARD PIE (WITH CRUST RECIPE)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, and sugar, if using. Whisk to blend thoroughly.
• Add the butter, working it into the flour mixture with your fingers or a pastry blender. Some pea-sized pieces of butter should remain intact.
• Stir in 4 tablespoons of ice water. Add more ice water, about 1 teaspoon at a time, until mixture begins to hold together.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and press until a smooth dough has formed. Do not overwork or the crust will be tough.
• Shape into a flattened disk. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 400 F. On a lightly floured work surface, or between sheets of lightly floured parchment, roll the dough into a circle about 11-inches in diameter.
• Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie plate. Fold any excess dough over on itself and crimp the edge as desired.
• In a large bowl, toss together the rhubarb, sugar, flour, nutmeg, and salt.
• In a small bowl, whisk the eggs with milk.
• Add the egg mixture to the rhubarb mixture, stirring until blended.
• Transfer the rhubarb mixture into the prepared pie crust. Dot with butter.
• Bake until set in the center, 45 to 55 minutes. If your crust begins to brown too much, cover the edges with foil.
• Remove the pie to a rack to cool completely before slicing.
• Serve the rhubarb-custard pie with a big dollop of freshly whipped cream or ready-made whipped topping, if desired.