Family Favorite Rice Pudding Recipes

This rice pudding recipe is simplicity defined. Just the basic ingredients — rice, milk, sugar, and butter, plus a few flavorings. Feel free to add raisins or sweetened dried cranberries to this rice pudding if you like, they can cook right along with the rice pudding (they'll soften and plump a little).

Could there be a better way to use leftover cooked rice than in this easy rice pudding recipe? It's quick, comforting and oh so tasty. For a change of pace, try using sweetened dried cranberries or cherries instead of raisins in this recipe.

The secret that makes this baked rice pudding so silky smooth is using the right kind of rice — arborio rice, the same type of rice used in risotto — and stirring frequently. Otherwise, the pudding might develop a skin. Top this rice pudding with Demerara sugar, a larger crystal sugar that is less refined and gives a real punch of sweet flavor to every bite.

Long-grain jasmine or basmati brown rice cooks in a bath of sweetened condensed milk and coconut milk in this easy, wholesome rice pudding recipe. Just dump the ingredients in, cover, and come back hours later to a creamy dessert the whole family will enjoy.

Important: Do not use sweetened coconut milk for this recipe unless you like your rice pudding very sweet. Look for unsweetened coconut milk in the refrigerated section of your supermarket, near the soy milk and rice milk. Feel free to use regular milk if you can't find it.

This is one of those great dump-and-stir slow cooker recipes that is almost no work at all. Just add the ingredients, turn on the slow cooker, and go. Top this rice pudding with fresh fruit and vanilla sauce.