Blushing Betty (Rhubarb Dessert)

• 4 pounds rhubarb, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/3 cups raisins
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2. Mix rhubarb with 2 cups sugar in a large bowl and spread into the prepared baking dish; sprinkle rhubarb with raisins.
3. Beat vegetable shortening with 2/3 cup sugar in a bowl; beat in eggs, one at a time, followed by vanilla extract. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in another bowl. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, alternating with milk, to form a smooth batter. Spread batter over fruit in baking dish.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until rhubarb filling is bubbling and topping is set and golden brown, about 1 hour.

rhubarb, white sugar, raisins, vegetable shortening, white sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt, milk

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222423/blushing-betty-rhubarb-dessert/ (may not work)