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!
Your pictures look BEAUTIFUL averie! I can taste the creamy goodness of that rice pudding!
I’ve always stayed away from rice pudding because rice takes so damn long to make…but this looks doable. Also, I love love love the Jumbo Raisin Medley from Trader Joe’s – its ruined me though now because regular raisins just don’t cut it for me anymore ;)
I am all about pudding made from pureed winter squash. I eat it daily, no joke.
I had rice pudding all the time in Costa Rica. The cooked were always serving that for dessert. After dinner of rice and beans. It was total crap. That’s not dessert. ;)
Good Lord mama! this I will try for sure. Never really a big fan of rice pudding but you make it seem effortless.
Loved those Delicious Desserts, I ate chocolate chips the whole time I read it. How could I not?
mmmm I want rice pudding now :-)
I don’t think I’ve ever had rice pudding — but I bet this tastes super good because it uses sweetened condensed milk and I love desserts with that ingredient. Seriously whenever I use it I eat a big spoonful because it is so good!
I used to make jello pudding all the time — and I still love it but my stomach sure hates me for it. I’ve also made your avocado mousse and that stuff is unbelievably good.
mmmmm! that looks soo good, i love rice pudding! will have to make this sometime ;) i really do like your recipes!
I’ve never made rice in a sweet way before but I do like rice pudding. Quick and easy recipes are right up my alley! :D
I love rice pudding, but haven’t had it or made it since going vegan. And I love that you added the dairy free option with the coconut milk. Yum!
Yum! This looks so delicious! I remember eating rice pudding as a child but I don’t think I’ve had it since then. I just might have to make this! Thank you :)
LOVE the print me feature ! :D …and I love rice pudding. My Mom used to make it if we had leftover rice from dinner. Brings back fond memories! I’ve never tried to make that or pudding myself though… but I think it would be fun!
I am absolutely not a fan. And it’s all about texture.
If I’m chewing something it can’t be creamy (exactly what I add about half the amount of liquid to oatmeal that most people add, almost an oatmeal cookie texture instead of “oatmeal”). And if something is creamy it has to be 100% smooth. No chunks. My biggest pet peeve of even baked goods is biting into something soft and doughy only to find a crunchy nut or chewy raisin.
I love rice pudding – well, pretty much any pudding…
I tried to make a version of “healthy rice pudding” (a recipe I saw on a blog) and it didn’t turn out so great considering I’m in a dorm room and have very little options when it comes to cooking. Let’s just say the brown rice from an on-campus cafeteria was a little funky…
This is SO weird!! As I was falling asleep last night I was thinking about rice pudding!!!! :o Yes, odd thing to think about… in bed, but whatever. Food is yummy, lol. I LOVE rice pudding!! This looks fantastic. I love the idea of using coconut milk, but condensed milk is soooo good, lol. It’s like crack in a can!
My parents used to make rice pudding all the time, but it was dry and gross. Not like the kind they sold as the diner that was all creamy and yummy, like Kozy Shack, LOL. This looks YUMMY! Want :)
The rice pudding looks great, awesome job! It’s been ages since I’ve had it, but should try a vegan version.
1. I like puddings and have really been enjoying chia seed pudding lately, so I guess so.
2. Nope.
3. Yes, my chia seed puddings are using homemade hemp milk, sweetener and chia seeds.
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