Rhubarb and streusel

[nwhiker]

1. Rhubarb is just a joy of a plant. Poisonous leaves make it interesting (that is how I got Perry to try rhubarb crisp for the first time...), and the colour is so beautiful, it makes me happy to cook with.

2. I must either buy myself a pastry cutter, or teach the kids to make streusel topping. It is one of the tasks I most loathe in baking, and 90% of the time I'm too lazy to haul out the Cuisinart, so I make it by hand, and I just hate doing that.

Anyhow. These fruity oaty bars are cooking, and she's never let me down before on a recipe, so I expect them to make a nice dessert. I'll add a review later.

[eta] OK. Recipe review. They were good, but not extraordinary. The almond shortbread was great, but dh and the kids aren't too fond of it anyhow, so that's a no go. I'll probably end up sticking to my standard rhubarb bar cookie recipe, also from Lady Disdain, this one, to which I've made numerous modifications that we all like.