RICE COOKER OLD-FASHIONED RICE PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. This recipe uses American/English measurements, do not use the cup that comes with the rice cooker. Machine: Medium (5- or 6-cup) rice cooker, fuzzy logic only Cycle: Porridge You need a very starchy rice such as Arborio or an American-grown version of it to get the right consistency for this pudding. Using more than 2 tablespoons, however, makes the pudding too starchy, especially when cold.
• 2. Place the rice and milk in the rice cooker bowl; stir to combine. Close the cover and set for the Porridge cycle.
• 3. When the machine switches to the Keep Warm cycle, open the rice cooker, and add the sugar and vanilla, quickly stirring it into the rice milk mixture. Stir until combined.
• 4. Close the cover and reset for a second Porridge cycle. Stir every 15 to 20 minutes until the desired consistency is reached. Warning: cooking the sugar for more than about 1/2-hour makes the pudding difficult to clean from the rice cooker bowl, so don't add sugar at the beginning of cooking (although the rice pudding comes out fine)! Rice mixture will thicken as it cools. If it comes out too thick, just add more milk.
• 5. Pour the pudding into 6 custard cup or ramekins, or pour into a single larger bowl. Serve warm or let cool slightly and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. When cold, cover with plastic wrap and store for up to 4 days.
• 6. You can add dried fruit and or cinnamon, and top with whipped cream. Also a fruit syrup or sauce or fresh fruit would be good as a topping. Coconut can be added to the mixture as well.