Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb is called "pie plant" for a good reason! This sweetly delicious pie is from the New England chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄4 tablespoons flour
• 1  egg, beaten
• 2  cups rhubarb, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2  pie crusts (either storebought or your own recipe)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Cut one of the pie crusts into strips; set aside.
3. Mix sugar and flour thoroughly; add egg and mix well and add rhubarb.
4. Line piepan with pastry, fill with rhubarb mixture and arrange pastry strips in a lattice fashion over the top.
5. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes; reduce heat to 350F and bake for 25 minutes longer.