Sweet Brown Rice Dessert
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Serves: 3
 
The traditional American recipe switched up a bit with sticky brown rice and soy milk.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sweet (sticky or glutinous) brown rice or short-grain brown rice
  • 1 cup unsweetened soy or almond milk
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • raisins, dates, or dried cherries (optional)
  • chopped walnuts, almonds, or pistachios (optional)
Instructions
  1. Cook rice in a rice cooker or on the stove (1 cup rice, 2 cups water, bring to boil, stir once, simmer for 50 minutes).
  2. In medium or large bowl, crack and beat two eggs.
  3. Add 1 cup soy or almond milk and whisk together.
  4. Heat honey in microwave until warm but not hot (20 seconds in our microwave). If you are using maple syrup you can skip this step.
  5. Combine sweetener with other wet ingredients and whisk together.
  6. Add cinnamon and nutmeg.
  7. Add rice to a square 8 X 8 pan.
  8. If you are using dried fruits or nuts, add them to the rice.
  9. Pour wet ingredients over rice and mix.
  10. Cook at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
  11. Cool for 10 minutes.
  12. Cut into squares and serve.
Recipe by Fit and Fed at http://fitandfed.net/2012/04/12/baked-brown-rice-pudding-squares/