Baked Rice Pudding

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Cooked-rice custard with raisins and nutmeg

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Ingredients

  • 1½ Cup cooked Rice
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ Cup Milk
  • 2 well beaten eggs
  • ⅓ Cup seedless raisins
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • Dash nutmeg

Directions

  1. Combine sugar, salt + milk with eggs.
  2. Stir in rice, raisins + Vanilla.
  3. Combine sugar, salt & milk with eggs. stir in rice, raisins & Vanilla. Pour into buttered 1 quart baking dish. or individual cups & sprinkle with nutmeg. Place in Pan of warm Water & Bake at 350°F. 50 minutes.
  4. Bake in Pan of warm Water & Bake at 350°F. 50 minutes.

Timing: 50 minutes

Temperature: warm Water bath; 350°F.

Equipment: mixing bowl; stirring utensil; buttered 1 quart baking dish or individual cups; water-bath pan; oven

Old Fashioned two-stage water-bath recipe

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From Debra Yeh.

Yield: Serves 8-10

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked Rice
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 3 large eggs (or 3 small)
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 2 Tablespoons margarine
  • nutmeg and cinnamon are also used, without quantities, in the final direction

Directions

  1. Heat milk and add cooked rice.
  2. Beat eggs, and add sugar, vanilla and raisins.
  3. Combine with rice and milk mixture.
  4. Pour in baking dish and dot with margarine.
  5. Set dish in pan of hot water.
  6. Bake at 450° for 20 minutes.
  7. Lower heat to 300° and bake until custard is firm (about 15-20 minutes).
  8. Sprinkle with nutmeg and cinnamon.

Timing: for 20 minutes; about 15-20 minutes

Temperature: heat milk; use a pan of hot water; bake at 450 degrees, then lower to 300 degrees

Equipment: milk-heating vessel; mixing bowl; beating utensil; baking dish; larger water-bath pan; oven

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Custard and rice quantities

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1 1/2 cups cooked rice, 1 1/2 cups milk, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/3 cup raisins
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2 cups cooked rice, 2 1/2 cups milk, 3 eggs, 2/3 cup sugar, and 1/2 cup raisins

Salt, fat, and finishing spices

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1/2 teaspoon salt and a dash of nutmeg, with no added fat or cinnamon
Clear Tote Debra Yeh handwritten page
2 tablespoons margarine plus unquantified nutmeg and cinnamon, with no salt listed

Water bath, pan choice, and baking schedule

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One buttered one-quart dish or individual cups in warm water at 350 degrees for 50 minutes
Clear Tote Debra Yeh handwritten page
An unspecified baking dish in hot water at 450 degrees for 20 minutes, then 300 degrees until firm, about 15 to 20 minutes

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