A rhubarb crumble-style dessert from a neighbor in Ankeny, Iowa.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 cup oleo
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 5 cups rhubarb, cut up

Filling:

  • 6 egg yolks, beaten
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup evaporated milk or regular
  • 4 tbsp flour

Topping:

  • 6 egg whites
  • 6 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • Coconut for sprinkling

Steps

  1. Combine flour, sugar, oleo and shortening and press in bottom of a loaf pan.
  2. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
  3. Combine filling ingredients together.
  4. Lay 5 cups of rhubarb over crust and pour filling over it.
  5. Bake 45 - 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
  6. When done, beat egg whites, sugar and vanilla for meringue topping.
  7. Spread on top and sprinkle with coconut.
  8. Brown slightly at 350 degrees.