Arroz con Leche or Rice and milk

Submitted by Arianna

• Ready In: 1hr 3mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 gallon milk (might not use all)
• 3 cups rice
• 4 whole cinnamon sticks
• 1 1⁄2 sugar
• 1 cup raisins (optional)

directions

1. Cook the rice with half a gallon of milk stirring very carefully and sparingly because it will turn out looking like rice pudding if you stirr too much add in a cup of sugar.
2. add in more milk if the mixture looks too thick (it should be sort of liquid almost) add more milk if it looks too dry.
3. add the raisins.
4. it should be ready when the rice is tender (should be sweet and not very liquid but not too thick you may not need to add the whole gallon) serve as dessert of by it self as a snack serve warm.