Old Fashioned Rice Custard

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 4 cups milk, divided
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in the top of a double boiler, combine rice and 2 cups milk.
• 2 cook, stirring occasionally, over boiling water until rice is tender and most of milk has evaporated, about 45 minutes.
• 3 stir in butter.
• 4 beat eggs; blend in sugar, vanilla, salt and remaining 2 cups milk.
• 5 stir into the hot rice mixture.
• 6 pour into a lightly buttered 2 quart casserole and top with nutmeg or cinnamon.
• 7 bake at 350* for 50 minutes or until firm.