Old Fashioned Barley Pudding

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2/3 cup pearl barley
• 3 cups boiling water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/3 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 boil water and add barley and salt.
• 2 cook slowly for 45 minutes or until barley is tender.
• 3 cool.
• 4 combine milk, salt, sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs and beat well.
• 5 then add cooked barley, raisins, lemon rind and juice.
• 6 turn into a well-greased 1 ½ quart baking pan.
• 7 set pan into a larger baking pan in oven.
• 8 pour hot water into the larger pan to within an inch of the top of the custard.
• 9 bake at 325 degrees, for about 1 hour until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 10 serve hot or cold.