Glorified Picnic Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cup white rice
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained, reserving juice
2 eggs, beaten
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip(R)), thawed
1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained

Preparation

Combine water and rice in a 3-quart saucepan. Bring to boil; simmer until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix sugar and flour together in a bowl. Stir sugar mixture, pineapple juice, and beaten eggs together in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium-low heat until the mixture has the consistency of pudding, about 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix rice, pudding, pineapple, whipped topping, and cherries together in a bowl. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.