Apple Cinnamon Rice Pudding

Name: Apple Cinnamon Rice Pudding
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 2 apples, diced (peeled if the skin bothers you); 1/4 cup sugar, divided; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup short-grain rice (arborio); 1 tablespoon flour; 3 cups milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla

Submitted by Sweet PQ?

"This came from the milk calendar. Make sure you use short grain rice for this recipe to get a creamy pudding. The long grain rice won't cook properly and the pudding won't thicken. The apples and cinnanmon are a nice change from plain rice pudding."

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photo by katew

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
2 apples, diced (peeled if the skin bothers you)
¹⁄₄ cup sugar, divided
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ cup short-grain rice (arborio)
1 tablespoon flour
3 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla

directions

In a deep pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the apples, half of the sugar, the cinnamon and salt. Cook, stirring, until apples are softened (about 5 minutes). Remove the apples to a bowl.
Put the pan back on medium-high heat. Stir in the rice and sugar.
Whisk the flour into the milk and slowly stir into the rice. Heat until steaming, stirring often.
Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for about 25 minutes (until rice is very tender). Make sure you stir occasionally.
Stir in the apples and vanilla. Cool slightly and serve, or chill, and serve cold (the pudding thickens more as it cools). Sprinkle with added cinnamon, if desired.

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My mom is 97 and I am her caretaker. We eat as healthfully as possible without being extreme and without feeling deprived of good things to eat. I plan to make some of this pudding tonight or tomorrow night with the following tweaks for health and even more flavor! 1. I will use a partial pot of leftover pot of mixed brown rice and quinoa. 2. I will use coconut oil in place of butter. 3. I will sweeten it with the apple and around a tablespoon of maple syrup. No other sugar. 4. I will omit the flour to thicken it. I might take about half the rice and blend it up on my blender to thicken the pudding. I will see how it looks first. I may just blend it all up to make it soft and creamy. I will see what it is like before I make this decision. 5. I will probably add some nutmeg along with the cinnamon just for wonderful flavor. 6. I will add some toasted walnuts. 7. I will use unsweetened almond milk in place of the non fat milk. It has vanilla in it (which is what my mother likes) but I will add the vanilla in the recipe anyway because we love vanilla. 8. This one I am not certain of yet. It depends upon my mother's response when I suggest it: a tablespoon or so of candied ginger snipped into tiny bits. It will be delicious, but it will be spicy and I want to be sure my mom is in the mood for it. 7. I will serve it warm with a dollop of sour cream. (My mom prefers sour cream to yogurt!). I will taste hers and probably put a dollop of plain yogurt on mine. It would make a superb breakfast, but we will use it as dessert I will write about the results.

Cat D.
Made this for DDs dinner. I liked the addition of flour as a thickener and also the apples.Thanks for sharing.

littlemafia
Delicious comfort food and very easy to do. I swirled vanilla yoghurt through mine - fabulous breakfast !!!!

katew