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Delicious Rhubarb Pie – May 20, 1943

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 T. quick cooking tapioca
  • 1-1/3 c. sugar
  • 1/4 t. Salt
  • 1 t. orange rind grated
  • 1 T. butter melted
  • 4 c. rhubarb cut
  • 1 recipe pie crust

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients and let stand about 15 minutes.
  • Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry rolled 1/8-inch thick, allowing pastry to extend 1-inch beyond edge. Fold back to form standing rim.
  • Fill with rhubarb mixture.
  • Moisten edge of pastry with cold water, arrange lattice of pastry strips across top. Flute rim with fingers.
  • Bake in hot oven (450 degrees F) 15 minutes; then decrease heat to moderate (350 degrees F) and bake 30 minutes longer.