Recipe - Rhubarb Cobbler With Oat Dumplins

FRUIT
Three fourths cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 cup Water
One half cup Orange juice
4 cup Fresh or frozen rhubarb;
cut or sliced up 1" thick

DUMPLIN'S
One half cup All purpose flour
One half cup Rolled oats
1/3 cup Sugar
One fourth cup Whole wheat flour
1 One half teaspoon Baking powder
One half cup Milk
2 tablespoon Cooking oil

TOPPING
1 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 425. To make the fruit: In a medium saucepan, stir together
the sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the water and orange juice.

Cook and stir over mediumhigh heat until the mixture is thickened and
bubbly.

Add the rhubarb pieces; cook and stir until the mixture returns to boiling.
Remove from heat. Cover the mixture to keep it warm.

To make the dumplin's: In a medium bowl, stir together the all purpose
flour, rolled oats, sugar, whole wheat flour, and baking powder. In a small
bowl, stir together the milk and cooking oil.

Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture; stir just until the flour
mixture is moistened. Do not overmix.

Transfer the warm rhubarb mixture to a 13x9x2 inch baking pan or a 2 quart
casserole dish. Immediately spoon the dumpling batter into 8 mounds on top
of the warm rhubarb mixture.

To make the topping: In a small dish, stir together sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the dumplin's.

Bake, uncovered, in the 425 oven about 20 minutes or until done. Test for
doneness by lifting a dumplin' to see if it's done underneath. Serve warm.

Recipe by: Better Homes & Garden America's Best Loved Community Recipe

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #839 by L979@aol.com on Oct 12, 1997