Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars


Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars
Makes: 16 servings Yield: Makes 16 bars
Prep 30 mins Cool 2 hrs Bake 50 mins Oven 350°F
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Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars
Ingredients
  • Nonstick cooking spray
  • 1 1/2 cups  quick-cooking rolled oats
  • 1 cup  all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup  granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup  butter
  • 1 1/2 cups  chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb, thawed
  • 1/3 cup  granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup  water
  • 1/2 teaspoon  ground ginger
  • 2 cups  chopped fresh strawberries
  • Ginger Icing
Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 8x8x2inch baking pan with foil, allowing foil to extend over edges of pan. Coat foil with nonstick cooking spray, set aside.

2. In bowl stir together oats, flour, and 34 cup sugar. Using pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs (use fingers, if necessary, to break up mixture). Remove 1-12 cups oat mixture; set aside.

3. Press remaining oat mixture evenly into bottom of pan. Bake 20 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, for filling, in a medium saucepan combine rhubarb, 13 cup sugar, water, and 12 teaspoon ginger. Cook and stir over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes until filling is thickened and bubbly. Stir in chopped strawberries. Remove 12 cup filling; cover and set aside. Carefully spoon remaining filling over hot baked crust. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture, pressing lightly into rhubarb filling.

5. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes more or until top is golden and filling is bubbly. Cool in pan on wire rack. Lift from pan using foil. Carefully pull foil away from sides. Cut in bars. Top each with a spoonful of filling. Drizzle with Ginger Icing just before serving. Makes 16 bars.

From the Test Kitchen
  • Transfer cut bars to covered storage container. Refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature to serve.
Ginger Icing

Yield: Makes 1/4 cup
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup  sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground ginger
  • 3 - 4 teaspoons  orange juice or milk
Directions

1. In a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar, ground ginger and enough orange juice, or milk to make of drizzling consistency. Makes about 1/4 cup.

Nutrition Facts (Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars)
  • Servings Per Recipe 16,
  • cal. (kcal) 221,
  • Fat, total (g) 10,
  • chol. (mg) 24,
  • sat. fat (g) 5,
  • carb. (g) 32,
  • Monosaturated fat (g) 4,
  • Polyunsaturated fat (g) 1,
  • fiber (g) 1,
  • sugar (g) 21,
  • pro. (g) 2,
  • vit. A (IU) 340,
  • vit. C (mg) 2,
  • Thiamin (mg) 0,
  • Riboflavin (mg) 0,
  • Niacin (mg) 1,
  • Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
  • Folate (µg) 20,
  • sodium (mg) 70,
  • Potassium (mg) 111,
  • calcium (mg) 20,
  • iron (mg) 1,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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