Name: Old Fashioned Gooey Fruit Dessert
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 Cups Sugar (, divided); 1 Cup Flour; 2 tsp. Baking Powder; Dash Salt; 2 Tbsp. Butter (Cut into 4 chunks); 3/4 Cup Milk; 1/2 tsp. Vanilla; 3 Cups Rhubarb ((apples or peaches work well, too))

Old Fashioned Gooey Fruit Dessert

If you are afraid of trying rhubarb, you have to try this! Our Old Fashioned Gooey Fruit Dessert will turn your previous rhubarb beliefs upside-down. See the notes below for flavor combination ideas.

Course

Dessert

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

1 Hour

Servings

Ingredients

2 Cups Sugar , divided
1 Cup Flour
2 tsp. Baking Powder
Dash Salt
2 Tbsp. Butter Cut into 4 chunks
3/4 Cup Milk
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
3 Cups Rhubarb (apples or peaches work well, too)

Course

Dessert

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

1 Hour

Servings

Ingredients

2 Cups Sugar , divided
1 Cup Flour
2 tsp. Baking Powder
Dash Salt
2 Tbsp. Butter Cut into 4 chunks
3/4 Cup Milk
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
3 Cups Rhubarb (apples or peaches work well, too)

Instructions

Mix everything together except 1 cup sugar and the fruit/rhubarb and put in bottom of greased 9x9 pan. (Caution! An 8x8 pan will likely be too small and overflow!)
Put 3 cups sliced fruit over the top.
Mix 1 cup hot water with remaining 1 cup sugar and pour over the top of everything. (This is going to seem very strange, but it works!)
Bake at 375 degrees for 45 min to 1 hour, or until turning brown on top. Serve warm with ice cream.

Recipe Notes

If you're short on rhubarb or would like to try something different, mix multiple fruits such as rhubarb with strawberries, or rhubarb with apples. As long as you have 3 cups total, it will work.

A family favorite from Marie Diersen, Matthew's grandma.