Bookbinder'S Rice Pudding(Yields 6 Generous Servings) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. rice
1 tsp. salt
1 cinnamon stick
3/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 qt. milk
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs, well beaten

Preparation

Add rice to milk, seasoned with salt.
Cook on top of range, very slowly, for 2 hours.
(This slow cooking releases the rice starch to thicken the pudding.)
Add cinnamon stick the last hour of cooking.
Remove cinnamon stick and season with nutmeg, vanilla and sugar.
Add eggs and butter; mix well.