Sue's Rhubarb Platz

When I moved to Winnipeg over 20 years ago, I adopted a lady from my church as my "Winnipeg Mom". This is her recipe. She was an excellent cook and enjoying baking. This fruit square is really good warm with whipped cream or ice cream, but can also be served cold. Other fruit in season can be used in place of rhubarb and in winter you can used fruit like dried apricots.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 20
• Yields: 1 10x15 inch pan

Ingredients

• Base

• 2  cups flour
• 1  cup sugar
• 2 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  cup milk
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  almond flavoring
• 4  cups rhubarb, cut in 1/2 pieces

• Crumb topping

• 1  cup flour
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄3 cup  melted butter

Directions

1. Mix 2 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and rub in the butter to make a meal appearance.
2. Beat together 1 cup milk, eggs and almond flavoring.
3. Mix these two mixtures together.
4. May be lumpy.
5. Spread into a 10 x 15 inch pan and cover with fruit.
6. Mix together the remaining flour, sugar and melted butter.
7. Sprinkle crumbs on top of the fruit.
8. Bake at 350 deg. for 40 minutes. Do not overbake.
9. Cut into 20 squares.