Old-Fashioned Rice Custard

Gayle, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. I love my stovetop rice pudding and have been making it for almost 20 years, but for almost that long I have been searching for an oven-baked rice pudding that was creamy and custardy. And now I've found it! I don't usually like rice puddings made with long-grain rice -- they're usually too chewy and too dry -- but this was absolutely superb. It is very moist with lots of custard. The instructions are clear and simple and the recipe was easy to prepare. I sprinkled cinnamon on the individual servings as I dished it out. Now I know what I will be doing with all my leftover rice -- making this yummy dessert! Thanks so much for posting this recipe!

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Wow!! Now this is rice custard the way my Great-Gran used to make. Never thought I would find a recipe even remotely close. Just brilliant. I agree with Lennie, very creamy, custardy and easy. My Great Gran used to sprinke hers with some cinnamon sugar so that is what I did. Delicious. Thanks Gayle

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I've never made rice pudding (or custard) before. This turned out really well! I added cinnamon and substitued in one cup of buttermilk. I needed to bake it for much longer than the recipe called for, but that is likely due to my prehistoric oven. I plan to make this when my mother comes to visit next. Thanks for posting...

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The cooking time as stated was just perfect. I added a bit of brandy along with extra vanilla for a kick and omitted the raisins as personal preference. The custard turned out rich and creamy and absolutely heavenly.

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This rice pudding turned out wonderfully!! I did make a few adjustments like I only added 4 eggs, and I doubled the rice. I loved it and I will certainly be making it again. Thanks Gayle for a great recipe to add to my collection.

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Every time I try to search for a rice pudding recipe like this I can't ever find it. They all have pudding in them. Why? When this is far superior. My mom makes a rice pudding like this, every time I ask for the recipe she can't give me one, because there isn't one. She just throws stuff together and it magically works. Well, now I can make the pudding that I always had growing up too! Thank you so much Gayle!

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I agree that this is simply the best recipe hands down for rice custard pudding. I made this for the first time on Thanksgiving 2007 and doubled the recipe without any problems.

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My search is over! I've been looking for a delicious baked rice pudding recipe for a while and I am glad I found it. And with raisins yet; a plus. We have a weekly "Recipe Exchange" column in our local newspaper and a few days ago a local who wrote in was looking for a recipe exactly like this one. I forwarded it; hopefully they will print this in the column this upcoming week. Thanks for a great recipe.

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I grew up with this recipe and love it. It was also my Dad's favourite, really, he would pick it in preference to chocolate cake or just about anything.

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So many good reviews and beautiful photo attracted me to try this recipe. We love rice puddings but this one didn't work for me. As some one wrote here mine pudding curdled up as well even I lowered the oven temperature to 300F and I was checking on it every 15min. Flavor was nice and I liked juicy raisins but the texture was not good. My DH didn't mind it but I prefer stove top cooking method and without using eggs.

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I have this in the oven right now will let you know how we like it. I found it to be very easy and well we will see how it is. I am sure it will be yummy.

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This brought back so many wonderful memories of when mom would have this waiting for us when we got back in from the barn. I made this yesterday and it was just like moms. I had to call her last night and tell her that someone else could make the same homemade pudding like she did. It made for a wonderful old fashioning chat and laughter. Thank you

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Perfect! Loved it!! I've been looking for a rice pudding recipe that is custard like and this is it - YUM! Next time I might add just a pinch of nutmeg :)

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I was in the mood for custard but also creamy rice pudding and with this recipe I didn't have to choose which one I wanted more. This was so easy and really hit the spot. (31)

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I was looking for a good "Rice Pudding" recipe & then remembered the wonderful rice custard I used to have as a child. This recipe did NOT disappoint. It cooked up PERFECT as is (I omitted the raisins as a personal preference) but other then that, I followed the directions & ingredients exactly & it came out PERFECT! This one is going into my comfort food file as a KEEPER!!! Thank you so much for sharing :)

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I LOVE this recipe. I made it last night to have for breakfast this morning and can't stop eating it!!! I have been looking for a recipe like "Mom used to make" and this hit the spot. I did up the rice to 3 cups, just for personal prefrence, and added some cinnamon. I have never made a custard or anything with a custard and this came out perfect, not a problem. have already printed it out and put in the old recipe binder to keep forever. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

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Just made this rice custard this morning. Super easy and very tasty. I didn't have any golden raisins so I used the regular dark ones. YUMMY!!! I have to say I was tempted not to stir this at the 30 mins. It had the most beautiful custard crust, but I did. Wow Gayle M superb!

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Delicious, and very creamy. I had no raisins, and added almond extract and cinnamon, nutmeg and apple pie spice. Delightful on a winter night.

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Fabulous! We were fighting over the leftovers. I realized after I had started assembling this that I had no raisins in the house. I used dried cherries instead. They mostly sank to the bottom of the dish, but still tasted great. I sprinkled the top with cocoa. Do the raisins sink to the bottom also? I'll definitely make this again.

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Absolutely fabulous! I made exactly as directed without any alterations or changes to the recipe. This pudding has a rich custard which beautifully incorporates the rice in simple recipe that bakes in the oven. Don't throw out that left-over rice! Use it to create fabulous dessert for tomorrow night's supper ; )

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