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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

By Amy Flanigan

Updated Apr 25, 2025

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Prep 15 minutes mins

Cook 45 minutes mins

Servings 6

By Amy Flanigan

Updated Apr 25, 2025

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This Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble recipe is such an easy dessert, with a streusel topping and luscious bubbly fruit. Perfect for making use of summer produce or frozen fruit for a simple on-the-fly year-round treat.

Years ago when we lived in Minnesota, our next door neighbor had several rhubarb plants. He hated them, not realizing what a gold mine he was sitting on. I asked him if I could have the stalks and he looked at me with shock and delight. “Take them all!” he said. And after that, every year when I saw them grow, I would walk over, cut them, and bring them home to make strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb coffee cake, and this this strawberry rhubarb crumble. It’s so easy and so good!

Helpful Tips and Variations

• What is rhubarb? Rhubarb acts and tastes like a fruit, but it’s actually a vegetable. It’s very tart, so balanced out with something sweet like strawberries (and doused in sugar, of course) it’s so great for jams, sauces, and baked goods like this easy strawberry rhubarb crumble recipe.
• Fresh vs. Frozen fruit. In my experience when comparing, fresh fruit tastes so much richer and wonderful in this dessert, but frozen fruit works too if you’re in a pinch or if you’re trying to make the produce last longer. It’s not necessary to let the fruit thaw first before using, as long as it’s chopped. If you do let it thaw, however, drain any liquid.
• Possible additions. Feel free to add in some fresh lemon juice to the fruit filling and swap out half of the flour in the crumble topping with old fashioned rolled oats.
• Cornstarch. This helps thicken the filling, don’t skip it if possible.
• Double the recipe. You can easily double this crumble and bake everything in a 9×13 dish instead, if needed.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 45 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr

Servings: 6

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With a streusel topping and luscious bubbly fruit, this Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble recipe is such an easy dessert. Perfect for a simple on-the-fly treat.

Ingredients 

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For the Fruit Filling

• ▢ 2 cups strawberries,, quartered
• ▢ 2 cups (about 3/4 pound) rhubarb,, cleaned, ends trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• ▢ ½ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon coarse salt

Crumble Topping

• ▢ ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• ▢ 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ▢ ⅛ teaspoon coarse salt
• ▢ 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter,, cut into small pieces

For Serving

• ▢ Ice cream or whipped cream

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F with rack in the middle position. Coat a 9×9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, toss strawberries and rhubarb with the sugar, cornstarch, and salt, making sure everything gets mixed and coated. Pour into prepared baking dish.
• For the crumble topping, in a medium bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Work in the butter with your hands, until large moist clumps form. Sprinkle over the strawberry-rhubarb mixture.
• Place dish on a foil-lined baking sheet; bake until topping is browned and fruit is bubbly and tender underneath, 45 minutes.
• Let cool for 10-15 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream!

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Notes

Using frozen fruit. Feel free to use frozen fruit if needed. It doesn’t need to thaw first, but add a few extra minutes onto the bake time. If you do let the fruit thaw, drain off any excess liquid. Tent the baking dish with foil if you notice the topping is over browning.

Add some rolled oats. Swap out half of the flour with some rolled oats, if preferred.

Double the recipe. If you need more for a larger group, this recipe easily doubles in a 9×13 baking dish. It bakes for the same amount of time.

Nutrition

Calories: 323kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 223mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 390IU | Vitamin C: 31.5mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 1.1mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.

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What is the Difference Between a Crumble, Crisp, and Cobbler?

• Crumble – a crumble is a baked fruit dessert with a layer of streusel topping, consisting of flour, sugar and butter.
• Crisp – similar to a crumble, but here the streusel topping includes oats, which crisps up as it bakes.
• Cobbler – a cobbler is a baked fruit dessert with a thick biscuit topping, dropped onto the fruit in small rounds, making it look like a cobbled road. Cobblers can also be made with cake batter or cookie dough, which are also so yummy!

More Easy Fruit Desserts:

• Blackberry Cobbler
• Apple Dumplings
• Peach Dumplings
• Cherry Dump Cake
• Strawberry Cake
• Pear Crisp

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