Rhubarb Crumb Bars
By Martha Stewart Test Kitchen
Updated on January 16, 2019
Prep Time:
25 mins
Total Time:
1 hrs 25 mins
Ingredients
For the Streusel
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus room-temperature butter for pan
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan
- ½ cup packed light-brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Cake
- ½ pound rhubarb, cut into ½-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon light-brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. Line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter and flour parchment and pan, tapping out excess flour.
- Make streusel: Whisk together butter, brown sugar, and salt. Add flour and mix with a fork until large crumbs form. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Make cake: In a medium bowl, combine rhubarb, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup flour. In another medium bowl, whisk 3/4 cup flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs, one at a time. With mixer on low, beat in vanilla, then flour mixture. Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle with rhubarb and top with streusel.
- Bake cake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool completely in pan. Using paper overhang, lift cake from pan. Cut into 16 bars.
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Sesame Broccolini Ingredients
Ingredient Checklist
- 2 bunches Broccolini, trimmed
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Directions
Instructions
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- Set a steamer basket in a large saucepan filled with 2 inches simmering water; add Broccolini. Cover and steam until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a platter. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with sesame oil, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.