Rhubarb Preserves

This recipe is simple and soo good. We like to have Blue Bunny plain yogurt at noon, and a spoonful of this Rhubarb preserves really complements the yogurt! Great on morning toast too.

This photo of the cute little girl in the straw hat from the back is Alice. There's a really cute black and white cat by her too!

Rhubarb! YUMM!

OK, so not everyone loves rhubarb! BUT for those of us that do, this is a prime year! Cool weather and rain, make it some of the most tender and sweet that we have had.
This recipe and website were provided by my cousin, who is a professional baker. This recipe came from www.allrecipes.com. Take 19 ounces chopped rhubarb,
1-2/3 cups sugar, 7-1/2 tablespoons flour, and 4 teaspoons butter. Mix the
flour and sugar and place one quarter of it in a pie crust. Pile the
rhubarb on top and sprinkle the rest of the flour mix over it. Dot with the
butter, and cover with the top crust. Seal, and brush top with beaten egg
and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350 for about an hour, until crust is a
rich golden brown. Let it cool completely before attempting to cut it.
She said that if you go to this site and search, you will find about 94 rhubarb recipes. She also said that this site provides nutritional information on the recipes as well.

The following recipe was given to me by a colleague and has been one of our family favorites: Rhubarb Cake from Mary Ann P.
Grease and flour a 9 X 13 pan. Put 2 cups rhubarb, cut up fine in a large bowl with 1/2 cup sugar and set aside.
Cream 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup vegetabel oil together. Add 1 egg nd 1 teas vanilla.
Add alternately: 1 cup sour milk and a mixture of 2 cups flour, 1/2 teas salt and 1 teas soda. Mix this batter together with the rhubarb and sugar mixture and put in pan and bake at 350F for 50 minutes.
Prepare the topping and pour over warm cake.
Topping
Boil and stir the following topping ingredients for 3 minutes: 2/3 cup sugar, 6 tabl margerine, 1/4 cup milk, 1 cup coconut and 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped nuts if you like.

Another photo of Dagmar by the planter on the front porch.

I will get some other recipes scanned and hopefully loaded up this week along with some more photos.