Rhubarb and Cream Hand Pies

In Minnesota, rhubarb’s ruby red appearance is the whisper that spring has finally arrived, and what I like to think Emily Dickinson is referencing: “A Light exists in spring … a color stands abroad / on solitary hills / That science cannot overtake, / But human nature feels.” With such a dramatic entrance, it’s important for every Northern baker to have good rhubarb recipes in her baking tool belt. I like to balance the very tart rhubarb with sugar and cream, and in these