This is the easiest and fastest homemade rice pudding recipe, ever. Five ingredients and 20 minutes from start to finish.
Well, honestly, I don’t really peruse rice pudding recipes online, but I am pretty sure this one has to be a top contender in the ‘easy, fast, simple, but tastes wonderful’ category.
Cinnamon Raisin Rice Pudding (gluten-free)
1 c uncooked rice
1 can sweetened condensed milk (dairyfree option: full fat coconut milk + agave/stevia to sweeten it)
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c raisins
Directions:
Cook one cup of rice according to the directions (probably adding about 1.75 to 2 c of water to it) and when it’s done, add the remaining ingredients. Stir to combine and simmer for 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and mixture is fairly thick.
Notes: Pudding will thicken once cooled, so it’s not necessary to cook all the liquid out. And, over time in the refrigerator, the rice pudding will also thicken and if it becomes too thick, add a splash of water and stir in until it’s creamy again.
Yields: 6 hearty portions of pudding. Will keep in the fridge for many days. My grandma used to freeze hers and re-thaw it.
A Visual Guide
Gather your ingredients
Cook the rice
Add everything else, stir, and simmer
Garnish with extra raisins, if desired, and serve warm or chilled. Whatever floats your rice boat.
The sweetened condensed milk, with vanilla extract, cinnamon, and raisins brought back wonderful childhood memories of the pudding my grandma used to make for me.
So rich, creamy, sweet, and comforting.
The raisins add a perfect chewy texture.
I impressed myself that I made this from start to finish in 20 minutes.
Scott and Skylar were impressed with the taste. Lots of oohs and ahhs.
If you happen to need other recipes to use up stray sweetened condensed milk (not that that’s a big “problem” to have) try Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Or No Bake Vanilla Cake Batter Chocolate Truffles
Today’s recipe and the chocolate truffles are both: 5 ingredient recipes, and both use vanilla and sweetened condensed milk for two of the 5 items. How’s that for trivia you don’t care about.
From my last post on Delicious Desserts, I’m glad I got you drooling!
And also, thanks for your Best Of Submissions. Keep ’em coming. I’ll close the comments once I am in recipe submission overload. But I’m not there, yet.
Questions:
1. Do you like rice pudding?
Yes, and I had not had any in about 20 years since my grandma last made me some. Kozy Shack from the grocery store doesn’t count because it’s not homemade, but I will admit, that stuff is good!
2. Have you ever made rice pudding?
Not until this recipe. I had no idea what I was doing but everything seemed to turn out, just fine.
3. Have you ever made real pudding from scratch? Not talking Jello Pudding from the box.
I have not because eggs and cornstarch aren’t ingredients I work with much.
The closest thing I come to “pudding” is Raw Vegan Chocolate Mousse. No corn starch involved. Just a secret ingredient.
Have a great Sunday!
as a kid, we went to a neighborhood deli that had the best rice pudding! i never thought about the sweetened condensed milk—it may be too sweet for me but my hubs would like it haha. i am obsessed with choco-cado pudding right now, i love how rich it is sans all the gross preservatives a box mix would give you for pudding.
Love the look of this rice pudding Averie – a true comfort food :)
I’m not a big rice pudding fan, but this looks really good. The husband sure likes it though, so I should give it a try! I love the idea of using stevia-sweetened coconut milk!
1) LOVE rice pudding! My favorite use to be from TooJays Deli! I haven’t had it in forever though because of the whole dairy thing.
2) No, but I should!
3) Yes, I have made my own pudding. I made it for a pie filling. My secret ingredient? Vance’s DariFree!
I never make rice pudding because it takes so long, so this recipe looks perfect. Beautiful pictures once again! I’m amazed how much you’ve learned about photography in such a short time.
Have a wonderful Sunday, Averie!
mmm mmm mmmmmm
you know i really am not much of a pudding person but that looks lovely!
not too gelatinous or heavy :)
Great pictures. Rice pudding… I love it :D but I’ve never tried to make it. I guess I have to try this recipe. Thanks
I loooove rice pudding. I’d never had it until a couple of weeks ago when I made it for myself. It was delicious! I like that your recipe only takes 20 min!
I have a problem with the rice/raisin combo…wanna know why? My old farmhand-feeding grandmother has only one menu, a local staple, for festive occasions with many invitees: Clear soup with whitish flour- and meatballs, greyish boiled chicken on the side and a big dollop of brownish, overcooked rice and rasins, right in the middle (middle of the soup – I mean…what?). It was one of those childhood nightmares that scars you for life, hahaha :-)
On the other hand, a Christmas staple, countrywide and to this day, is vanilla rice pudding with milk and almonds, cherry sauce on top – that’s more like it :-).
I finally got myself some sun warrior rice protein (rice theme comment, this one?) and no wonder you’re recommending: it’s a lot better than my regular. Mmm, protein breakfast cookies on the menu again, I’d forgotten just how GOOD they are!
I haven’t made rice pudding for years. Why? Because I love it so much I can’t stop eating it till I feel like I’m ready to pop!
Second fave: Carrot pudding. Pretty much the same recipe but with finely shredded carrots simmered in the milk of choice until it is soft.
This looks great! I was actually considering making rice pudding for easter as a dessert…so I may be coming back to this recipe! Gotta love an easy one!!
Looooove rice pudding. I think it’s my favorite kind!! In elementary school it was considered a “weird” food, so I hid my love for it, but now I embrace it. So good. I make a vegan breakfast rice pudding that isn’t quite as good as the original, but it’s still pretty darn awesome!! And I’ve never made the REAL stuff, but I feel like I should give it a go to see what I’m missing out on :)
I love rice pudding. So easy to make and nourishing.
Also, the extra effort you are putting into your photos really does show I’m no expert in photography but they really are getting better and better :)
I love rice pudding, but I’ve never made it! I think I just might – except I have a can of coconut milk that’s itching to be used!
I’ve never tried rice pudding… crazy, right? But I love how good this recipe sounds. And those rainsins look perfect in the mix!
My grandma used to make homemade chocolate pudding occasionally, but otherwise just the boxed jello kind for me! I used to love the banana flavor.
i have not had rice puddiing since childhood – no fond memories, to be honest. my mom also used to make tapioca pudding, which we called “fish eyes” – again, did not like it!
therefore, i have never made my own pudding. i like your quick n ez version – i would sub in choco chips since i don’t like raisins (wow, i sound picky, today!).
have a great sunday! have fun with your special plans!