Recipe - Rice Pudding

Every so often when I was growing up my sweet mother would make this yummy treat. My mom always forced us to eat healthy food growing up... (imagine a school field trip... all my friends eating twinkies and juice boxes and there I was pulling out my smelly tuna fish with sprouts sandwich! Don't get me wrong, I like tuna fish sandwiches, but it didn't compare to what other children hand. Plus people could always smell it coming out of the little sandwich bag.) This recipe is very yummy and healthier than some other rice pudding recipes you may find.

Nana's Rice Pudding

Ingredients ~ 1/2 cup powdered milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 & 1/2 cups milk, dash of salt, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 cups cooked rice (white, brown or a combination of both) I always make a little extra in case I decide to add more to it before I bake it, cinnamon, raisons, chopped walnuts (sometimes I make it without walnuts if I don't want it crunchy... but my mother "always likes a little crunch."), and nutmeg

Directions ~ Mix powdered milk and sugar. Add 1/2 cup milk and stir. Add dash of salt, egg, vanilla and stir. Spray oven safe bowl with non-stick cooking spray (I no longer purchase this since there is propellant in it, and I'm not fond of eating propellant, so I lightly grease everything with a little Crisco). Pour mixture into bowl. Pour rice into bowl and stir. Add milk and stir. If it looks too liquidy to you feel free to add the extra rice I recommended above. Add raisons, walnuts, and cinnamon to taste and stir. Sprinkle nutmeg over the top. Cook at 350F stirring several times while baking. Bake for 30 minutes. If it doesn't look done, keep baking. It shouldn't need to bake longer than 45 minutes, the longer it bakes the less "pudding"-like it will be so monitor it closely towards the end or it will be too dry. (If you do over bake it, just add a little milk to the individual bowls you serve it in to help soften it.)

After I dish up my pudding I always sprinkle a little white sugar/brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on the top of each serving to add a little extra SWEET!

Happy Baking!!!