Many great recipes can be found in the cookbooks of our mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and close friends. These family recipes are treasures shared from generation to generation. They have been tried true and inserted into the family heritage.  This said it is also assumed with each passing of a recipe little changes are bound to appear.  The following recipe originated from a family favorite given to me by my Grandmother via a favorite cousin. The recipe originally called for apples. Seeing that this is Alaska and many gardens are quite possibly growing very large rhubarb stalks desperate to be harvested, it is fitting the following adaptation should be created.

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Ingredients

Bars

2 cups Flour

½ cup sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

2/3 cup shortening

1 egg

2 cups chopped rhubarb

¼ cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon milk

Frosting

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 to 2 tablespoons milk

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Directions

Combine flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in shortening with a fork or pastry cutter. Mix in the egg and then press 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of a 9” square pan. Cover the crumb base with rhubarb and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Top with remaining crumb mixture and sprinkle with more cinnamon sugar. As you may know already rhubarb is quite tart so add more or less cinnamon sugar to this recipe based on your tart tolerance. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. When finished, mix together frosting ingredients and pour over bars while they are still warm. Enjoy!