Creamy Rice Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons melted butter, and
• margarine
• 1/2 cup uncooked long-grain rice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 quart milk
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 cup dark raisin
• cream

Recipe

• 1 soak top and bottom of 3 1/4-quart (3.25 l) clay cooker in water about 15 minutes; drain. pat dry and brush both sides of cooker with butter.
• 2 combine rice, sugar, salt, nutmeg, milk, half-and-half and vanilla in cooker.
• 3 place covered cooker in in cold oven. set oven at 350 degrees f or 180 degrees celsius bake 1 hour; stir in raisins. bake covered, stirring once or twice in the first hour, until pudding is crusty, about 2 hours. remove cover; bake until top is brown, 8 to 10 minutes. serve warm or cold; pour cream over each serving.