1 c Coarsely chopped rhubarb 1 Egg
1 c Sugar 2 tb Milk
1 1/2 c Flour 4 tb Melted butter (1/2 stick)
1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 c Coarsely chopped hickory
1/2 ts Baking soda -nuts
1/2 ts Salt
Let the rhubarb steep in 1/2 cup of the sugar for 1 hour or more (even
overnight) stirring once or twice. Toss the remaining sugar and all
of the dry ingredients together to mix thoroughly. Beat the egg
lightly and stir into it 1/4 cup of the juice that the rhubarb will
have exuded after steeping, as well as the milk and melted butter.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet, stirring just enough to mix.
Fold in the rhubarb (if there is still more juice, drain it off) and
the nuts. Scrape the batter into a buttered 8-inch loaf pan and bake
in a preheated 350 F oven for 1 hour. Let the loaf rest in the pan 10
minutes before unmolding, then cool it on a rack.
Makes one 8-inch loaf.
[ The L. L. Bean Book of NEW New England Cookery ]
Yields
8 servings