Rhubarb Custard Bars
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
Serves: 20
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 9 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
- cooking spray
Filling
- 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups 1% low-fat milk
- 3 large eggs
- 5 cups rhubarb, 1/2 inch slices,fresh or frozen unthawed
Topping
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 (4 ounce) package fat free cream cheese
- 1 (4 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese (I used 8oz light cream cheese)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup fat-free whipped topping, thawed
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Think of this recipe as 3 seperate parts.
- The instructions indicate crust, filling or topping.
- To prepare crust, mix flour sugar and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Press mixture into 9 x 13 pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- My crust never got golden but I baked only for about 20 minutes.
- To prepare filling, combine flour, sugar.
- Add milk and eggs stirring with whisk until well blended.
- Stir in rhubarb.
- Pour mixture over crust.
- Bake at 350 for 40 min.
- or until set.
- Cool to room temp.
- To prepare topping, place sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla in bowl, beat with mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- Gently fold in whipped topping.
- Spread evenly over baked custard.
- Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
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