Rice Pudding

Recipe Instructions Cook the rice in the water with thhe cinnamon stick until it is done. Remove the cinnamon stick and set rice aside. Preheat oven to 325°F. Beat the eggs and add the milk, sugar and vanilla. Stir in the cooked rice. Drizzle the melted butter over the top. Bake 1 hour in 325°F oven. (In the motorhome we baked for 45 minutes with the convection microwave set for low-mix 325°.) Optional - ten minutes before baking is done, insert the almond into he pudding. Tradition has it that finding the almond is good luck - or means you will get married the following year. Serve pudding while warm (it can also be eaten chilled, although we do not like it as well when cold.