Paper Paint and Pine: rhubarb cookies

Sometimes Cookie Time Tuesday is a disappointment but NOT this week. This cookies is a serious KEEPER! We all loved this one! It is the perfect amount of sweet and tart. I am so pleased that I happened upon this recipe over at Heat Oven to 350.

I know rhubarb is a bit unusual of an ingredient in a cookie but I grew up on rhubarb and love it! My grandma has a great garden in Ohio and every year I count the days until it is time for the rhubarb to be cut. If you don't have access to a garden of rhubarb you can buy it in the produce section of your grocery store.

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You will need:

1 1/2 cups rhubarb, chopped medium

1/2 cup plus 2 T granulated sugar, divided

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon table salt

3 ounces (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

3/4 cup plus 2 T heavy cream

Coarse sugar, for sprinkling

• Gather your ingredients

• Chop rhubarb and then sprinkle with some sugar

• Combine all dry ingredients and then add in cold butter

• Use a pastry blender or your hands to combine the butter until the mixture crumbles

• Add your heavy cream to the butter/flour mixture and combine. The dough will be really sticky
• Add chopped rhubarb to the dough
• Combine the dough with the rhubarb

• Drop by spoonfuls onto a silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet