Heart Healthy Cinnamon Rice Pudding

HokiesMom's Note:

I can say this is heart healthy because I found this recipe in the American Heart Associations Healthy Recipes booklet. I love the taste of this pudding! The first time I tried to make rice pudding when I was a teen it came out looking like a form of cement - needless to say I've improved and this recipe is now a favorite.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 3.0 cups

• 2 1/2 cups nonfat milk
• 1/2 cup arborio rice, uncooked
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 cinnamon stick, about 3 inches long
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. In a large, heavy bottomed saucepan, stir together the 2 1/2 cups milk and the rice. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
2. Reduce heat to medium high and boil for 5-6 minutes or until the mixture begins to thicken, stirring occasionally.
3. Stir in the other 1 cup of milk, the cinnamon stick, sugar and lemon zest.
4. Increase the heat to high and return to a boil, stirring occasionally.
5. Reduce the heat to medium high and boil for 4-5 minutes or until creamy and soupy.
6. Remove from the heat.
7. Stir in the vanilla and let the mixture stand for 30 minutes to thicken somewhat.
8. Before serving, remove the cinnamon stick. Sprinkle the individual dishes of pudding with ground cinnamon to your tastes.

Reviews

[bigbadbrenda]

Very good I was surprised that 1/2cup rice made a pot full.Very easy to make and I added raisons for the last 20minutes Thanks for posting Made for World tour 8

[Mikekey]

This had great flavor. The cinnamon and lemon really go well together. My only problem with it was the cooking time. Mine took about 45 minutes and could have cooked even longer, but it was starting to dry out. The rice was a little too al dente. I used Arborio as called for. Maybe cooking at a lower temperature for longer would help. Made for ZWT8

[Bonnie G #2]

Great flavors without being to sweet, I like the creamy texture that wasn't to dry and the use of the aborio rice made a nice differance from plan white rice - I love rice pudding and this is a very nice version that I enjoyed. The only thing I did differant was to cut the recipe in half for me and DH. Made for ZWT8 the Tiffin Challenge.