Creamy Rice Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 large eggs
1/2 c. sugar
3 c. milk
2 c. rice, cooked and cooled
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon peel, grated
dash of nutmeg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Lightly butter 1 1/2-quart round glass baking dish.
In large bowl, lightly beat eggs with sugar.
Stir in milk, rice, vanilla and lemon peel.
Pour into prepared dish. Place dish in a baking pan (a 9-inch square metal pan will do) on oven shelf; pour boiling water into pan, level to rice pudding mixture in glass dish.
Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until pudding is creamy thick.
Use any favorite topping such as raspberry sauce or apricot sauce over rice when served.