The Best Ever Creamy Rice Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 5 1/2 cups 2% low-fat milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 vanilla beans, split lengthwise or 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup converted long grain rice
• 1 whole egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• whipped cream (to accompany)

Recipe

• 1 cover raisins with hot water for 30 minutes, drain and reserve.
• 2 in heavy saucepan combine 4 cups milk, vanilla bean, sugar and salt.
• 3 bring to a boil, stir in rice, simmer over low heat, covered, till tender (40-50 minutes).
• 4 remove vanilla bean, scrape seeds into rice.
• 5 in bowl, whisk together egg, egg yolks& 1 1/2 cups milk.
• 6 stir egg mixture& raisins into rice.
• 7 (if using vanilla extract, add it now.) place rice in buttered baking dish.
• 8 place in larger pan& add hot water to reach halfway up sides of baking dish.
• 9 bake in preheated 400 degrees f.
• 10 oven 25 min.
• 11 stir, bake 25 min.
• 12 more.
• 13 sprinkle with cinnamon.
• 14 bake 25 min.
• 15 more.
• 16 remove dish from water bath.
• 17 serve warm or cold with whipped cream if desired.