ChefTalk.com › ChefTalk Cooking Forums › Food and Cooking Forums › Pastries and Baking General › Crispy Rhubarb Crisp *Without* Oats or Nuts?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Crispy Rhubarb Crisp *Without* Oats or Nuts?

post #1 of 2
9/11/11 at 6:38pm
Thread Starter 

I need help! My Husband loves, loves, loves rhubarb, especially rhubarb crisp. He wants me to make a rhubarb  crisp "like his Mom makes it." (Futile, I know lol) But I have to at least try, and his Birthday is coming up so I want to surprise him. The problem is that he doesn't eat oatmeal/oats or any nuts, and that's the only way I know how to make a crisp! His Mom swears up and down that she uses a Betty Crocker recipe, but the only BC recipes I can seem to find all call for oatmeal! Then I had her write down the recipe and it wasn't a crisp, it was a cake. (I'm pretty sure she's losing her mind, but that's besides the point.) He claims that hers was still crispy like a regular fruit crisp but without the oats, and I am totally at a loss as to how she could have achieved this. :( Please help!!! I know it probably won't be her exact recipe, but as long as it's a tasty crisp I'm hoping that will be good enough haha.

Reply
post #2 of 2
9/12/11 at 12:39am

It is possible to make a streusel topping that would get crisp, but not contain either nuts or oats.  

 

Here is a basic recipe -

 

 

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Cream all together.  Either pass through a screen cooling rack or chill and grate with a large-hole grater.

Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Pastries and Baking General
ChefTalk.com › ChefTalk Cooking Forums › Food and Cooking Forums › Pastries and Baking General › Crispy Rhubarb Crisp *Without* Oats or Nuts?