
Of course! If you'd like pecans or other nuts in your topping, just remove ¼ cup of the oats and add ½ cup chopped pecans. Tip: Check out my article on freezing rhubarb.Ĭan I Add Nuts or Spices to the Oat Topping? The tapioca thickens it perfectly as well as any extra liquid it might extract due to freezing. However, frozen rhubarb actually works really well with this crisp. Harvested fresh rhubarb stores well in the fridge for up to 10 days, so you can make this recipe a few times! (At least that's how my brain works.) When it's in season I use fresh rhubarb for this crisp recipe. I always want an extra bite of crisp topping when I'm eating rhubarb crisp and so, just like my amazing apple crisp recipe, I load on the topping.Īnd it tastes like your favorite oatmeal cookie! No nuts, no seeds, just oats mixed with softened butter as well as flour and sugar for sweetness. And a personal preference: plenty of crisp topping! I keep my oat topping simple, sweet and crunchy. A little lemon juice and vanilla extract add flavor without overpowering the rhubarb. The sweet-tart rhubarb base is made with - you guessed it! - rhubarb, granulated sugar, and tapioca to thicken it up. This is a simple, classic rhubarb crisp with oatmeal topping. A simple, buttery oat topping bakes on top of sweetened and perfectly saucy rhubarb. Of all the easy rhubarb recipes out there, this one is classic, unadulterated bliss. In this just-rhubarb crisp, neither fruit competes for the crown, and I can really taste the tangy rhubarb. That being said, I personally prefer strawberry desserts and rhubarb desserts separate. There, I said it! The strawberry and rhubarb combination is sweet and quite classic. Don't put strawberries with my delicious rhubarb! I'm a purist! I like my rhubarb desserts with just rhubarb.

No strawberries! Just pure, vanilla-sweetened rhubarb, thickened with tapioca.

One of the most popular rhubarb desserts! Truly the best rhubarb crisp recipe, with a transcendent sweet and crunchy oat topping.
