Rhubarb Dream Bars

This classic recipe for Rhubarb Dream Bars is a must try! It's a simple crust topped with a creamy mix of sweet sugar, egg and tart rhubarb. With only 6 ingredients, you have an amazing dessert!

Prep10 minutes

Cook1 hr 15 min

Total1 hr 25 min

Serves16

Published 7 Jul 2022

This classic recipe for Rhubarb Dream Bars is a must try! It’s a simple crust topped with a creamy mix of sweet sugar, egg and tart rhubarb. With only 6 ingredients, you have an amazing dessert!

Rhubarb Bar Recipe

If you are looking for a super quick and simple rhubarb bar recipe, these Rhubarb Dream Bars are the perfect dessert! They start with an easy crust made from flour, powdered sugar and butter that is par baked and topped with a mix of eggs, sugar, salt, flour and chopped rhubarb.

The mix of sweet eggs with the tart rhubarb makes for a fantastic balance of flavors over a flakey crust. Unlike these amazing Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Bars, there is no cream in this classic recipe and we make a homemade crust.

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Bars

rhubarb dream bar on plate with bite on fork

How to make Rhubarb Bars

I found this recipe in one of my Grandma’s old church cookbooks, which is almost always a sure bet it will be good. It wasn’t disappointing! I personally love how simple this recipe is and that it requires so few ingredients.

Rhubarb Bars – 6 Simple Ingredients

Here is what you will need from your pantry and refrigerator to make these simple Rhubarb Dream Bars

Butter

Flour

Powdered Sugar

Granulated Sugar

Salt

Eggs

Rhubarb

Simple Crust Recipe for Bars

To make the crust, combine the flour, powdered sugar and room temperature butter in a large bowl. Using a hand mixer or food processor, mix the 3 ingredients until they are crumbly. Don’t overmix or you will end up with a ball of dough!

Lightly press the crust mixture into the bottom of a greased 9X13 pan. Bake at 325F for 15 minutes. This is par baking the crust, so it will remain very pale. It will continue to bake with the filling.

Creamy Rhubarb Bars

For the filling, beat the eggs lightly. Mix in the sugar, flour, salt and optional cinnamon in a bowl until smooth. Fold in the chopped rhubarb and carefully pour over the par baked crust. Return to the oven and bake at 325F for 60 minutes, or until the filling is set and no longer jiggly in the center.

Can I use frozen rhubarb?

Fresh rhubarb is always idea, but frozen rhubarb is a great alternative when it is out of season or it isn’t readily available.

If you are using frozen rhubarb for these bars, be sure to follow these simple steps.

Thaw the rhubarb

Drain and pat the rhubarb dry

Toss the rhubarb with a Tablespoon of flour to account for the extra moisture that tends to release from frozen rhubarb.

plated rhubarb dream bar on table with rhubarb stalks

More Rhubarb Dessert Recipes

While we may be at the end of rhubarb season in the Midwest, you can always store and freeze rhubarb to enjoy it all year long!

If you love rhubarb as much as we do, be sure to check out some of these popular rhubarb recipes that we can’t get enough of.

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Ingredients

Crust

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 cup butter

Topping

4 large eggs

2 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

4 cups diced rhubarb

OPTIONAL – 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps

Preheat oven to 325F.

Crust

Mix the crust ingredients in a large bowl and mix with a food processor or hand mixer just until crumbly and combined.

Spread the mixture over a well greased 9×13 pan and lightly pan down. Bake at 325F for 15 minutes.

Filling

In the same large bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add the flour, sugar, salt and optional cinnamon and blend until well combined. Mix in the rhubarb and pour over the par baked crust.

Bake at 325F for 60 minutes or until the center of the bars are set.

Cool completely before serving. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.