Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert is a rich and delicious summer dessert recipe full of tart rhubarb and sweet egg custard over an easy sugar cookie crust.

Prep15 minutes

Cook1 hr

Total1 hr 15 min

Serves12

Published 25 Apr 2019

This delicious Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert is a spectacular summer dessert recipe that is so easy to make. Simply prepare a store bought sugar cookie mix and press it into a 9×13 pan for a sweet and simple crust. Top it with chopped rhubarb, strawberries and a cream and egg custard. Bake it off and you have a dessert with the perfect balance of textures and tart and sweet flavors.

Rhubarb Custard

Rhubarb Custard Pie is my all-time favorite pie. My Mom makes this dessert every summer when our rhubarb patch is ripe. She makes the perfect pie crust to compliment the creamy custard and rhubarb. While I adore the dessert, I don’t so much love making homemade pie crust. It’s a tedious process that I rarely have the patience to perform and store bought pie crusts just don’t compare.

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert slice

Sugar Cookie Crust

To avoid having to make a homemade pie crust, I dreamt up this easy dessert version of my favorite pie. Using the crust recipe from my Lemon Cheesecake Bars. It’s as simple as mixing together a pouch of Bettty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix, butter, egg and flour. The mixture will still be crumbly, but it just gets pressed into a 9×13 pan.

Lemon Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert baked in 9x13 pan

Rhubarb Custard Bars

After the sugar cookie crust is assembled, it’s time to top it with all the creamy custard and fruit. Well actually, rhubarb is a vegetable, but let’s not worry ourselves with those details. It’s wonderful in desserts like these bars and that’s all that really matters!

We grow a little patch in our garden that we inherited from my parent’s and it’s by far the most important plant in there. Unlike most fresh produce, it isn’t readily available in grocery stores in it’s fresh form. If you are forced to use frozen rhubarb, be sure to thaw it and pat it very dry. When using frozen rhubarb, I toss the dried rhubarb in a tablespoon of extra flour to compensate for the moisture it gives off compared to the fresh rhubarb

Strawberry Rhubarb

I parted from our traditional rhubarb custard pie recipe just a tad and added in some fresh strawberries. It adds a little more sweetness for a twist on our family favorite recipe. Strawberries rhubarb recipes are a quintessential summer staples. It’s a natural pairing loved by many.

This Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert has been a hit with anyone I have ever made it for. I promise it is a must try dessert recipe that is sure to be a new favorite!

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Dessert baked in pan

More delicious rhubarb recipes!

Rhubarb Streusel Coffee Cake

Rhubarb Streusel Muffin

Serving: 1 grams

Ingredients

Crust

1 17.5 oz pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix

1/2 c. Butter softened

2 T Flour

1 Egg

Filling

3 eggs beaten

1 c. granulated sugar

1 c. heavy whipping cream

1/4 c. flour

½ tsp. salt

3 c. rhubarb chopped into small pieces

2 c. strawberries roughlly chopped

Steps

Heat oven to 350°. Spray the bottom of 9x13 in pan with non stick spray.

In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour and 1 egg until crumbly dough forms. Press firmly into the 9x13 pan.

Top the crust with the chopped fruit.

In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, flour, sugar, cream and salt just until smooth. Pour the custard over the strawberries and rhubarb.

Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes. The center will still be a little jigly, but the edges should be set. Allow to cool to room temperature before serving.

Store refrigerated.