Fresh Rhubarb Pie

This is a family recipe. It is very yummy and very easy.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 8  inches  pastry dough, for 8-inch 2 crust pie
• 1 -1 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  grated  orange peel (optional)
• 3  cups  cut up rhubarb (1/2 inch pieces)
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 9  inches  pastry dough, for 9-inch 2 crust
• 1 1⁄3-1 2⁄3 cups sugar
• 1⁄3 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  grated  orange peel
• 4  cups  cut up fresh rhubarb
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 10  inches  pastry dough, for 10-inch 2 crust pie
• 1 3⁄4-2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  grated  orange peel, if desired
• 5  cups  cut up fresh rhubarb (1/2 inch pieces)
• 3  tablespoons butter or 3  tablespoons margarine

Directions

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry. Stir together sugar, flour
2. and orange peel. Turn half the rhubarb into pastry lined pie pan;
3. sprinkle with half the sugar mixture. Repeat with remaining rhubarb
4. and sugar; dot with butter. Cover with top crust which has slits cut
5. in it; seal and flute. Sprinkle with sugar. Cover edge with 2 to 3
6. inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil
7. last 15 minutes of baking.
8. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to
9. bubble through slits in crust.
10. Variation:.
11. Rhubarb - Strawberry Pie.
12. Substitute sliced fresh strawberries for half the rhubarb and use the
13. lesser amount of sugar.
14. Personal Note:.
15. When using frozen fruit make sure you thaw it completely and let it
16. completely drain before you measure it.
17. Not enough rhubarb to make a pie make sauce. Boil rhubarb with sugar
18. to taste and a little cinnamon or strawberries. Serve with ice cream
19. or whipped cream or pound cake.