Comfort Food Rice Pudding

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup short-grain rice (such as pearl rice)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 put rice in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water (i use a sauce pan w/ water in it on bottom and a stainless steel pan on top).
• 2 add salt and 3 c water.
• 3 coverand cook till rice is tender, about 30 minutes.
• 4 stir in the sweetened condensed milk, butter, and raisins if desired.
• 5 cook and stir frequently over simmering water till the puddings thickens slightly, about 20 minutes.
• 6 remove the top dish with the pudding in it from the heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon.
• 7 spoon into custard cups and eat warm or chill.
• 8 we like ours with a little raspberry sauce or jam.