World's Best Rice Pudding

This recipe is thick, creamy and yummy. I like it so much that I double it.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup medium or short grain white rice
• 4 cups milk
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Heat butter in a 4 quart saucepan. When butter is frothy add rice and cook for a minute.
3. Slowly add milk, pinch salt, sugar and vanilla extract, and bring to under a boil.
4. Transfer to a 9 inch baking pan or casserole and set in oven.
5. Bake uncovered for 1 1/2 hours stirring every 15 minutes.
6. Then bake undisturbed for 30 minutes. Stir again and cook undisturbed for 30 more minutes.

Notes

Variations: You can add heavy cream in the last half hour of baking. Or if you want a crusty topping, reduce sugar in recipe to 1/4 cup. Once out of oven, crumble brown sugar and butter over rice pudding and run the pudding under the broiler until melted and bubbly.

Attribution

Posted by Olga at Recipe Goldmine 4/21/02 4:57:06 pm.