Rhubarb is not only for pie! We frequently enjoy rhubarb as an ingredient on the breakfast menu. In addition to muffins and fritters, as seen in previous posts, here we have a quick-bread with Rhubarb. [A quick-bread is made without yeast, leavened with baking powder and baking soda]

Here’s a tip: Mix the batter the night before, put it in the prepared pan, and bake it first thing in the morning for a head-start on your day. Old-style cooks will tell you that you can’t do that, because the batter won’t rise. They are thinking of the old ‘single-acting’ baking powder that had to be baked right away. Because this recipe is made with modern double-acting baking powder plus baking soda [due to the acidity of the rhubarb], it will begin to rise a little when mixed with the wet ingredients, then do its major rising in the oven.

one 8½x4½” loaf/ 3 small loaves: original	one 8½x4½” loaf/ 3 small loaves: adapted	Heat oven 350F. Butter then flour pan
8 Tbsp/113 g unsalted butter—-1 cup/200 g sugar—- 1 Tbsp fresh-grated orange zest—-⅓ cup whole-milk yogurt	7 Tbsp/100 g  unsalted butter—-¾ cup/150 g sugar —-1 Tbsp fresh-grated orange zest—-⅓ cup plain, low-fat yogurt	Melt butter. Whisk these ingredients together until well combined.
2 large eggs	2 two-oz eggs = 3.6 oz without shells	Whisk in eggs.
1¾ cup/223 g all-purpose flour—-1 tsp baking powder—-½ tsp baking soda—-½ tsp kosher salt	1 cup/223 g King Arthur Golden Flour—- ½ c white flour—1¼ tsp baking powder—½ tsp baking soda–½ tsp kosher salt	In a separate bowl, whisk these together.
1½ cups rhubarb, cut ¼” dice–flour mixture	1½ cups rhubarb, cut ¼” dice–flour mixture	Add these to butter mixture and fold until combined.
¼ cup rhubarb, cut in ¼” pieces—-2 T sugar	¼ cup rhubarb, cut in ¼” pieces—-1 T sugar	Put batter in prepared pan and smooth top. Stir these together and sprinkle on top of batter.
		Bake until golden brown and set, 55-60 mins. [skewer in center comes out with moist crumbs attached]
Icing/10X sugar	icing/10x sugar	Let cool in pan 5 mins, then tip out of pan. Turn right side up, dust with powdered sugar.
1 of 8 slices: 343 calories… 13 g fat… 1 g fiber… 5 g protein… 52 g carb.., 56 mg Calcium… 268 mg Sodium…	1 of 8 slices: 274 calories… 11.5 g fat… 2 g fiber… 5 g protein… 56 g carb.., 56 mg Calcium… 210 mg Sodium…

This is the blog of the Bennington Rhubarb Festival, started in 2013 to benefit the G.E.P. Dodge Library Building Fund.

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