RICE PUDDING:

Ingredients

• ½ cup rice;
• 3 cups water;
• 2 cups rich milk;
• 3 tablespoons sugar;
• 3/4 teaspoon salt;
• 3 teaspoon butter;
• sweet cream, flavored as desired or with nutmeg

Directions

1. Wash rice quickly in I or 2 waters and drain.
2. Mix ingredients except butter and pour into a well buttered baking pan or dish.
3. Bake 2½ hours in a very slow oven, stir every fifteen minutes for first hour to prevent rice from settleing.
4. Add butter at t ime of last stirring.
5. Serve with sweet cream, flavored as desired or with nutmeg.

Timing

• 2½ hours
• every fifteen minutes for first hour

Temperature

• very slow oven

Equipment

• well buttered baking pan or dish; very slow oven