Simple Baked Coconut Rice Custard Pudding

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice (grain length unimportant)
• 6 eggs, lightly whisked
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup coconut milk, canned or 1 cup coconut coffee creamer
• 3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup flaked coconut
• 1/3-1/2 cup toasted coconut

Recipe

• 1 note: coconut coffee creamer can be found in refrigerator case of most groceries.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees and place pan with 1 inch hot water on bottom oven rack.
• 3 spread rice in bottom of lightly oiled 9x13 baking pan. in lg bowl, whisk eggs, whisk in, one ingredient at a time; sugar, coconut milk or creamer, milk and vanilla. blend thoroughly. stir in flaked coconut and slowly pour over rice.
• 4 place in preheated oven that has baking pan with 1 inch hot water on bottom shelf of oven and bake 45 -60 minutes. test for doneness with knife blade. cooking time varies depending upon fat content in milk.
• 5 remove from oven and cool on rack.
• 6 sprinkle with ** toasted coconut or sprinkle with coating of brown sugar then untoasted coconut and place under broiler just until coconut is toasted. watch closely as coconut burns quickly.
• 7 serve warm or cold with or without cream or whipped topping. mama served with cream.
• 8 variations:.
• 9 1. brown sugar sweetened custard. replace sugar with brown sugar and omit the coconut. use 4 cups of milk omitting the coconut milk. may sprinkle rice with raisins before adding milk mixture.
• 10 2. basic rice pudding.
• 11 just use 4 cups milk instead of coconut and regular milk. sprinkle the top with nutmeg =lightly.
• 12 3.rice and raisin custard.
• 13 omit coconut, replace milk as stated above, sprinkle enough raising onto rice to cover well before intoducing the milk mixture. sprinkle the top lightly with cinnamon.
• 14 4. sugar free custard.
• 15 follow any recipe above substituting equivilant of 1/2c of sugar - plus 1/4c milk.
• 16 5. fruited rice custard.
• 17 follow any recipe above substituting for raisins or coconut, with well drained, finely chopped canned fruit. sprinkle top with seasoning your family loves.
• 18 this is a lo=fat, lo sugar recipe that includes several food groups so makes a super breakfast.
• 19 may god watch over you.