Mom's Baked Rice Pudding

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup short-grain rice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 cups homogenized milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 turn oven to 325f and grease large casserole dish.
• 2 pour in first 5 ingredients and stir well. it will look like a lot of milk but it isn't too much.
• 3 if you want raisins and cinnamon stir it in now. i never put them in as my family prefers it without.
• 4 dot the top of the ingredients with chunks of butter.
• 5 bake for 2-3 hours. stir every 15 minutes for the first hour and then just let it cook. check it at 2 hours and if it is getting dry add another cup of milk and stir. taste test to be sure rice is cooked.
• 6 it will get a nice brown skin on top. you can remove it but i like to stir it in as i serve it. it is very flavourful.
• 7 enjoy!