Crock Pot Rice Pudding With Fruit
The slow cooker makes dessert, too!
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients
- 4 cups skim milk
- 1/2 cup rice
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbs. light margarine
- 1/8 tsp. salt, optional
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup minced dried apricots or peaches
- 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2-3 individual packages Splenda or Equal (to taste, at end of cooking time)
- Cool Whip, if desired
Instructions
- Put all ingredients except Splenda or Equal into crockpot
- Stir to blend well
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 1/2 hours, stirring once after about 1 hour
- Or, cook on HIGH for the first 30 minutes, turn to LOW and cook as long as you desire
- Check after the first 2 hours of low cooking and stir
- If rice is not absorbing the milk quickly enough, turn the crockpot up to HIGH again
- Keep cover on at all times
- Before serving, add Splenda or Equal to taste
- Add a dollop of fat-free Cool Whip to each serving, if desired
