Cooking with Doyle

Rhubarb is one of the most underrated fruits out there. My parents have a rhubarb plant growing in the back yard, so we always had plenty each year. This is quite possibly one of the tastiest pies imaginable.

Ingredients

• Filling
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 lb rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (approx. 3 cups frozen rhubarb)
  • 1 pint fresh strawberries, halved
  • 1 pastry shell (homemade is best, but you cheat and buy one)
• Topping
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup oats
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed

Directions

1. Mix egg, sugar, flour, and vanilla.  Stir in fruit.  Pour into pastry shell.
2. For topping, combine flour, sugar, and oats.  Cut in butter until crumbly.  Sprinkle over filling.
3. Bake at 400ºF for 10 minutes.  Reduce heat to 350ºF and bake for 35 more minutes.