Old-Time Rice Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. uncooked rice
1 1/2 qt. whole milk
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. seedless raisins (optional)

Preparation

Wash rice.
Add milk, sugar, nutmeg and salt.
Place in a buttered 2 1/2-quart baking dish.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 2 1/2 hours, stirring twice during the first hour.
Stir brown crust into pudding several times during remainder of baking.
Add raisins 1/2 hour before pudding is done, then allow crust to form again on pudding.