Rhubarb crumble is the one dish dessert that is delightfully tart, sweet with a crunchy topping that is delicious served warm with ice cream, or chilled with a hot cup of coffee.
If you have more rhubarb than you know what to do with I would also point you to my rhubarb curd recipe. Delicious on scones or spooned over pound cake!
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🌟 Here is why this rhubarb crumble recipe is amazing:
- A delightful combination of tart rhubarb and sweet crunchy topping makes a delicious one pan dessert.
- Add a cup of chopped strawberries to the fruit to make this rhubarb dessert a bit more sweet.
- An easy dessert to make to introduce your friends and families to rhubarb.
🥫 Ingredients needed:
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📝 Notes on the ingredients
Rhubarb Crumble Filing
- Rhubarb - fresh or frozen, chopped in 1 inch pieces. Do not use the green leaves.
- Lemon Juice - fresh if you have it but I often will use bottled
Crumble Topping
- Oats - Old fashioned oats
- Butter - chilled, cubed
🥣 How to make homemade rhubarb crumble
- Wash and chop the rhubarb into ½"-1" pieces.
- Place the rhubarb in a baking dish and toss with the flour, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla extract, cinamon, salt and nutmeg until coated.
Make the crumble topping
- Blend together the crumble topping until the butter is crumbled together with the other crumble ingredients. The topping will resemble peas much like when you are making crisco pie crust.
- Crumble the topping over the rhubbarb.
- Bake the rhubarb crumble at 375 degrees for 45-55 minutes until the crumble topping is golden brown.
📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
If you have any leftovers, reheat the dessert in the microwave in 15-second increments until heated through
Make this dessert up to 24 hours ahead of baking it. Add an additional 10 minutes to the baking time when baking a cold dish.
🪴 More Rhubarb Recipes:
- Strawberry Rhubarb Jam - This strawberry rhubarb jam recipe can be made with fresh or frozen rhubarb and your choice of fresh or frozen strawberries.
- Strawberry Rhubarb Cast Iron Crisp - My mouth-watering strawberry rhubarb crisp recipe is easily made with minimum clean-up in a cast-iron skillet.
- Rhubarb Chutney - The perfect addition to any charcuterie board this easy chutney recipe is a delicious balance of savory, sweet and spice.
- Rhubarb Crumble - Rhubarb crumble is the one dish dessert that is delightfully tart, sweet with a crunchy topping that is delicious served warm with ice cream or chilled with a hot cup of coffee.
- Rhubarb Basil Smash - Tart rhubarb is balanced out with the sweet syrup and the muddling of basil gives the cocktail a brightness of flavor.
- Blackberry Dump Cake - Crunchy, sweet cobbler-like topping over blackberries is a delicious dessert.
- Rhubarb Jam - Rhubarb jam is so simple to make and a great jam recipe for beginners. The perfect balance of tart and sweet, this is the easiest homemade jam.
- Rhubarb Sour Cocktail
- Rhubarb Syrup
- Rhubarb Basil Smash Cocktail
Recipe
Rhubarb Crumble
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Ingredients
Rubarb Crumble Filing
- 4 Cups Rhubarb Fresh or frozen, Chopped in 1 inch pieces
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 2 Tablespoons Flour all purpose
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon ground
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Teaspoon nutmeg ground
Crumble Topping
- ⅓ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup brown sugar Light
- ⅔ cup rolled oats
- 6 Tablespoons Butter chilled, cubed
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
Make the rhubarb crumble
- Wash and chop the rhubarb into ½"-1" pieces. Do not include the leaves.4 Cups Rhubarb
- Place the rhubarb in a baking dish and toss with the flour, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla extract, cinamon, salt and nutmeg until coated.4 Cups Rhubarb, ½ Cup Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice, 2 Tablespoons Flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon Cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Salt, ¼ Teaspoon nutmeg
- Allow the rhubarb to rest in the dish while you make the crumble topping.
Make the crumble topping
- Blend togetherthe crumble topping until the butter is crumbled together with the other crumble ingredients. The topping will resemble peas much like when you are making crisco pie crust.⅓ cup all purpose flour, ⅓ cup brown sugar, ⅔ cup rolled oats, 6 Tablespoons Butter, ¼ teaspoon salt
- Crumble the topping over the rubbarb.
- Bake the rhubarb crumble for 45-55 minutes until the crumble topping is golden brown.
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