Saturday, July 5, 2014

Maple-Baked Rice Pudding with Dried Cranberries

You will find the "Maple-Baked Rice Pudding with Dried Cranberries" (page 475) in the dessert section of this book, but I prepared it for breakfast, as I love hot rice with sweetener and soymilk for morning fare. This dish requires cooked rice, so you will have to plan ahead a bit, but otherwise you'll find this is a super simple dish to prepare. Cooked rice is combined with soymilk, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and cranberries (or raisins) and baked in the oven until hot and slightly thickened. You might want to start slow with the sweeteners and taste the mixture before adding the full measure. I omitted the sugar altogether, as the maple syrup and dried fruit made the entire dish plenty sweet. The recipe doesn't specify white or brown rice, but I used brown. Wonderful hot out of the oven, or even at room temperature, but the rice tends to stiffen a little if served cold.
 
Keeping it "McDougall Friendly" checklist:

 
ΓΌ     Use brown rice instead of white.

6 comments:

  1. Hi Becky
    That looks very good! For me that would be a great comfort food come autumn. The seasons turn fast enough! I imagine the cranberries add a tartness which is balanced by the syrup. Great idea to have that for breakfast. Thanks!

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  2. Hi Becky! That rice pudding looks great. I love rice pudding for breakfast as well, especially in the winter/colder weather. Although made without much sugar as yours is, it would probably also make for a good dessert at night, as I don't like to eat much sugar at night. Maple syrup is good for making things without as much sweetener since it tastes so strong (and by strong, I mean good!).

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    1. Thanks Danielle! Yes, I much prefer maple syrup to most other sweeteners, whenever possible, as a little really does go a long way, and the flavor is so outstanding. I could also eat this for dessert!

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  3. Love your blog. Found it AFTER I had already bought the cookbook, but a picture is worth a thousand words! Keep up the good work, please!
    Joy

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    1. Hi Joy! Welcome to my blog, and thanks so much for visiting! :-) I'll keep plugging away at this until I have tried all 1000 recipes! Let me know how your experiences with these dishes turn out, I'd love to hear!

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