Creamiest Rice Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 gallon milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup uncooked short-grain rice
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup raisins
• ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, combine 1/2 gallon milk, sugar, rice, and cinnamon sticks. simmer, covered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring frequently. (alternately, bring mixture to a simmer on the stove top, then transfer to a crockpot on low for 4 hours.).
• 2 in a small bowl, combine eggs, 1/4 cup milk, salt and vanilla. add 1/4 cup of hot pudding to egg mixture and beat well. repeat this process 3 more times, until mixture is quite warm.
• 3 remove cinnamon sticks from pot. stir egg mixture back into pudding and return pot to low heat, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. stir in raisins and pour into a 9x13 inch dish. cover with plastic wrap, folding back the corners to allow the steam to escape.
• 4 when pudding has cooled to room temperature, remove plastic wrap and sprinkle surface of pudding with cinnamon. cover tightly (with fresh wrap) and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight before serving.