Delicious Rhubarb Pie and No-roll Pie Crust Recipe

2016-06-23

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Wondering what to do with all that rhubarb in your yard?

My sweet old neighbor brought over some rhubarb and some handwritten recipes the other day, and this one is delicious!! Jake said it tasted a lot like his grandmother’s. 🙌 Hooray!

I have a new love for rhubarb and you just might too. 😉 Here’s the recipe:

Rhubarb Pie

First you need a pie crust in a pie dish. You can buy one at the store or make a super easy one that I use every time and LOVE. See the bottom of this post for the recipe.

For the filling you need:

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp butter
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups cut up rhubarb (preferably red, but green works too–it will be slightly more tart)

Beat eggs, sugar, butter, salt, flour, and vanilla until creamy. Stir in cream. Pour this custard mixture over the rhubarb.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then turn heat down to 300 degrees and bake for 45 more minutes or until filling is set (doesn’t jiggle much.)

Let it cool, then put in refrigerator for a few hours to help it firm up a bit more. Plus I think it tastes better that way too. That’s it! Enjoy. 🙂

Now for the easiest (and better-for-you) pie crust recipe:

No-Roll Pie Crust

I love that there’s no Crisco, no rolling out, and it tastes delicious too! My mom uses it for all her pies too. (It’s her recipe!)

You will need:

1 1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 Tbsp sugar

1/2 cup oil

2 Tbsp milk

Mix the flour, salt, and sugar together. Add the oil and milk. Crumble the dough with your hands and press into a pie dish, working from the center and gently pushing the dough up the edges. Poke holes into the crust with a fork (to prevent crust from bubbling while baking.)

Bake at 450 degrees for 8 minutes.

Mama Notes

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Wrote a few mamanotes from the other day…

By the time the afternoon rolled around yesterday, I was beat. Fortunately the storm rolled in along with it, and Ava was tired too. She liked the idea of chocolate chips and storm watching just as much as I did. So she laid her head on my lap right there on the kitchen floor by the back screen door as the clouds deepened and the breeze thickened with rain. And that was just what we both needed. #mamanotes

I walked into our bedroom after I checked on the kids and turned off the hall light. Jake was in bed laughing to himself. “What’s so funny?” I asked. “I’m just replaying in my head our race with Ava to eat our salads.” Our four year old might have a strong will, but she is always up for a race. Whether it’s a race to brush her teeth, get into bed, or eat her spinach salad, for some reason it works every time! So when she was adamant that she didn’t want to finish her spinach leaves and ranch dip, Jake said to her, “Let’s see who can finish their salads the fastest!” Without hesitation, she grabbed a green leaf, dipped it in the ranch, and threw it into her mouth.
And then the part Jake was laughing about– she looked at us, then with both hands like a bull dozer, wiped her whole pile of spinach through the dip in one swipe and stuffed it all into her mouth.

Jake and I stopped mid-chewing our second bite to see her smiling as best she could with her cheeks stuffed and her lips lined in dressing. Within a minute it was chewed and swallowed, and that little girl creamed us, flat. 😂👏 #mamanotes

Yesterday while Hyrum napped Ava said to me, “I want to play with you Mom.” So play we did. She giggled as she trotted straight towards me hiding behind that trash can. I was sure she peeked while she counted. When she came up to me laughing I said, “Hey, did you peek?” to which she replied with equal laughter, “No I could see your bum sticking out!” 😂👏 I carried her back to the house on my shoulders after a few games of crack the egg and follow the leader on the trampoline. I felt that if there was one good, important thing I needed to do that day, it was that. I feel like we grow closer in these moments than most any other time. And we need it. We will always need it. #mamanotes

And just a few from the day Jake found a little baby bird on our front lawn and we spent part of our family home evening finding worms for it. How did I never know that hose trick?!

Feels Like Spring!

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We’ve been opening windows, admiring blossoms, and lying in the grass day after beautiful day. I’ve never loved spring more. This cute kitty greets us in the morning and lounges on the grass with us in the afternoons. We love it. Someday we’ll get a cat of our own. Until then, we sure love this one! Aren’t these lilac blossoms lovely!? I can’t tell you how much I love these little flowers. I can’t stop admiring them and they are everywhere here in North Dakota! We were really hoping that the big bush/tree? outside our kitchen window would have blossoms in the spring, but when the first tiny buds turned into leaves I figured we wouldn’t. After a few weeks we saw the beginnings of these blossoms and I was so excited! They started out dark purple (like the tips in the first picture), then became lighter and lighter every day. Some people have long rows of these bushes in their yard with a wide array of purple shades. I love them!

p.s. Don’t they look like butterflies?!

Sprinklers and Straw Cups

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We drove along fresh tilled fields and speckled green hills to our friend’s house today. The air was thick and warm when we got in the car; Ava asked for the windows down. Fresh air blasted our hair and soaked our cheeks, and I couldn’t help but want to yell or to sing, to do something that matched the exciting feeling of warmth on my face. It’s been so long! It reminded me of barbeques, barefeet, and swimming suits. It reminded me of my youth. Summer feels so close! We welcomed this 80 degree day with sprinklers and straw cups and plenty of sun time. It was great to be with friends. #mamanotes

There’s not much I love more than seeing my kids PLAY!

They’ve been spending most of their time outside lately and we love it!

Apples Together

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My dear Hyrum, you are so gentle and loving. Today I needed that. I needed your squeals and your hugs, and the yellow flowers you picked for me in the grass. It was kind of a rough morning, so after we dropped Ava off at school, we sat in the backyard under that big clear sky and ate apples together. You had yours and I had mine and you just sat there in my lap in the grass while we watched the neighborhood cat chase butterflies. After you finished you’d go off to pick flowers or pet the kitty, and then return with your arms wide and your smile beaming and run into my lap. Other times you’d lean over, put your arm around my back and your head on my shoulder and hug me. And when I lay down, you lay down too. That was our time, our quiet, simple, perfect time, and it was just what I needed. Oh my dear Hyrum, you most certainly have my heart. I love you so much. #mamanotes