Rice Pudding

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

This is my favorite Rice Pudding recipe and also a great way to use up left-over rice......


1 cup cooked cold white rice
2 1/2 cups milk
3 eggs well beaten
3/4 cup of white sugar
2 tsp. of vanilla extract
OPTIONAL: 1/2 cup raisins
a sprinkling of gr. nutmeg and cinnamon powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray the bottom of a 10x11 2 quart glass baking dish with pam. Place rice into the baking dish and break rice apart with a fork, then beat the milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla together pour over rice & stir. If using raisins add now and stir in. Sprinkle top very lightly with a pinch of nutmeg & cinnamon. Place a 3 quart glass baking dish into oven fill the bottom 1/4 in. with boiling water, carefully place the 2 quart dish into the 3 quart dish.
Bake until you can insert a knife into the center and it comes out clean [about 45 - 50 min's approximate cooking time]
If you use raisins you can cut down on the amount of sugar to 1/2 cup.
This has a beautiful custard top and the rice and raisins are settled on the bottom. That is how we eat it.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Hey Kev,

This is my recipe, as far as I can tell these are approx. measurements as I never measure the milk and eggs exactly! It just always comes out perfect. Last night for instance I believe I used more like 4 cups milk and 4 eggs and cooked it for 1 hr. 20 min.'s to get it done. And it turned out perfect. But I do not stir it at all during baking, I really love the custard that forms on top and it is delicious, so if I have plenty of milk and eggs in the fridge I use more to get more custard! Give it a try next time you have left-over rice on hand! And any questions just holler!

Cheers, Cathy

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Thanks Cathy! I have to make this! I love rice pudding and I miss my Mom's and Art's. I have some golden raisins on hand right now- I may make up a batch! Thank you!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Good on ya'! I believe the golden raisins will not be as good as the dark raisins so adjust sugar accordingly, I taste my "eggnog" to make sure it is sweet, but not too sweet as the raisins do add a fair amount of sweetness. And I find the golden raisins to be very mildly sweet. In any instance go for it! I hope it turns out good for you!