One of my earliest food memories is devouring a bowl of pudding with my mom. It's one of those snacks that's great when you're 3 or 30. Today happens to be National Vanilla Pudding Day and to celebrate I say we all go out and raise a spoon (full of pudding of course!) in honor. You could go the pre-made, or instant route, but if you've got the time, why not give a smooth homemade version a chance? Serve it with vanilla cookies or animal crackers and you'll be set. For the recipe, read more
Vanilla Pudding
From Real Simple March 2005
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups whole milk
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Pour 1/4 cup of the milk into the sugar mixture, stirring to form a smooth paste. Whisk in the remaining milk and the egg yolks. Cook the pudding mixture over low heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until thickened, about 15 minutes. Do not allow it to boil. Remove from heat and stir in the butter and vanilla. Scrape the pudding into a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing the surface to make an airtight seal and prevent a skin from forming. Refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour.
Yield: Makes 4 servings (2 cups)
NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 273(39% from fat); FAT 12g (sat 7g); PROTEIN 5mg; CHOLESTEROL 130mg; CALCIUM 151mg; SODIUM 127mg; FIBER 0g; CARBOHYDRATE 36g; IRON 0mg
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Charles Anastase
mmm homemade pudding. Buttery!
I think the closest we ever got to that in my house was jello cook n serve!
1OMG it's that easy to make??
2it's one of my earliest food memories as well! I remember my gran let me scrape out the pan with the wooden spoon after she cooked the pudding. Time to make some myself I guess...
3Ooo I want some!
4mmm... homemade pudding! Sounds delish!
5wow, I just realized I had absolutely no idea what was in pudding. Thanks!
6Do you have to use whole milk? I want to make it now because I have a sore throat and it sounds so good but all we have is skim milk and me and my mom are too sick to go out to the store, haha.
7likenicole - you can try using skim milk, the consistency won't be quite the same, and it won't be as creamy, but go ahead and give it a try and let us know how it goes!
8omg, YUM!
9This is going to my favorites. I did not realise that it was this easy to make. The only difference I would do is let it skim over because the skim on top of homemade pudding is the best and my favorite part.
Thanks so much for this!
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