Made the
Rhubarb Meringue Dessert.
Recipe from Betty Crocker. Maiden voyage on this one for me,,, so I followed things exactly.
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Here is my play by play. Diced the rhubarb as shown below
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I had slightly more than recipe called for,, but not by much
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I did not have Half & Half, so went with coffee creamer
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These are the ingredients for step 2.
Egg yolks, Creamer, ,sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, and 2 Tbs flour.
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Added the rhubarb and mixed all together.
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This is step 1, for the crust portion.
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I pressed into my pan. I don't have a 9 x 9 pan, so I used my 7 x 12 pan instead, Approximate equivalent surface area. I used a spoon to press into place.
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This is out of oven after 10 minute pre-bake. I poured the rhubarb mixture into pan, and baked for 45 minutes.
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As the baking is still going in oven, I start making the meringue topping.
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This is how my Meringue looks before being added to top of rhubarb dessert.
It is actually quite pure white,, just the lighting for the picture made it look slightly less white.
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Out of oven, and ready to be topped with the Meringue topping.
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Getting the Coconut ready to sprinkle on top.
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Ready for final 10 minutes baking.
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Out of oven done.
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Had to wait until cooled, before removing first 2 squares.
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Turned out delicious.



I refrigerated the remaining dessert.
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Notes.
This is a dessert, rather than a cake. There is not much flour in the rhubarb portion. There is also no baking powder, or yeast to create rise.
This is also my first try making a meringue topping. I am satisfied with the results

I am already considering another recipe for my next batch of rhubarb. That one is a cake, with rise. When I do bake it, I will compare the 2