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I have posted this recipe before. This recipe comes from the Better Home and Gardens cookbook that I got when we were first married. My husband made this for the first time in 2001....It is the one we always make when we want rice pudding... it is my favorite.

Baked Rice Pudding

2 cups milk
1/2 cup long grain rice
1/2 cup raisins (I don't really care for raisins in rice pudding so we usually leave them out or just add a few)
1/4 cup butter
3 beaten eggs
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
ground nutmeg or cinnamon (we use a little of both)
light cream or milk

Heat oven to 325 degrees

In a heavy saucepan bring 2 cups milk, uncooked rice and raisins to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and cook over very low heat about 15 minutes or till rice is tender. Remove from heat; stir in butter until melted. In a mixing bowl, stir together the eggs, the 2 cups milk, sugar, vanilla and salt.
Gradually stir rice mixture into egg mixture. Pour into a 10x6x2 inch baking dish. Bake in a 325 oven for 30 minutes. Stir well; sprinkle with nutmeg or cinnamon. Bake for 15-20 minutes more or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled with light cream or milk. makes 6 servings.

We usually double the recipe. It fills a 9 x 13 baking dish... and it's very full. So I put part of it in a 9x 13 dish then some in a small baking dish.

We put a little half in half on our servings.