Homemade Rice Pudding For One

This wonderful homemade rice pudding is so easy to make! Combine cooked rice with a few pantry staples to make this delightful pudding. It's a wonderful, rich, and creamy, single serving dessert.

There's something purely comforting about rice pudding. My mother made it often when I was a kid. She used to tell me that it was a wonderful way to use up leftover rice.

Why This Recipe Works

One of the things I love about this rice pudding recipe is that you can use just about any kind of cooked rice; white, brown, long-grain, or short-grain. The same is true for the milk you use. Using whole milk will give you a richer rice pudding but you can also use lower fat milks such as 2%, skim, coconut milk, or almond milk.

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Ingredient Notes

See the recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.

• Egg: 1 large egg helps to create a custard-style rice pudding.
• Milk: I prefer using whole milk for a richer rice pudding, but you could use any percentage of cow's milk, coconut milk, or almond milk.
• Salt and vanilla extract: For flavor.
• Spices: Ground cinnamon and nutmeg are perfect in this recipe.
• Sugar: 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar add the perfect amount of sweetness.
• Rice: 1 cup of cooked rice is all you need to make this rice pudding.
• Whipped cream: Optional, but delicious.
• Butter or oil spray: For greasing the baking dish.

How To Make This Recipe

1. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, salt, spices, sugar, and vanilla. Stir in the cooked rice and pour into a lightly buttered 5-inch baking dish.
2. Boil a kettle of water to make a water bath. Place baking dish with rice pudding into a larger 8 x 8-inch baking pan. Pour boiling water into the larger pan until it reaches halfway up the sides of the rice pudding dish. Place in a 325 degree F (165 degree C) preheated oven and bake for 55 minutes or until lightly browned and set.
3. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Expert Tips

• I use a 5-inch baking dish which holds 1.5 cups of liquid (approx. 350 ml). For best results, use a dish of similar size. See our FAQ page for more information on the baking dishes we recommend.
• Rice pudding is pure comfort food. It's sweet and creamy and absolutely delicious. You might like to consider any of these rice pudding add-ins:
  • Add raisins to your rice pudding. I'd recommend using about ¼ cup or less since this is a single serving rice pudding recipe. I don't soak the raisins ahead of time to soften them because there's plenty of liquid in the rice pudding already and it takes almost an hour to bake. The raisins soften perfectly this way.
  • Use half and half instead of milk for a creamier rice pudding.
  • Sprinkle the top of the rice pudding with a teaspoon of brown sugar as soon as you take it out of the oven.
  • Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.Try a chocolate rice pudding recipe - it's heavenly!

Frequently Asked Questions

Ways To Use Leftover Ingredients

If you have any ingredients leftover from this rice pudding recipe, you might like to consider using them in any of these single serving and small batch recipes:

• Eggs: Cheesy Baked Eggs, Two Ingredient Chocolate Cake, Coconut Cream Pie
• Cinnamon: Cinnamon Rolls, Apple Cinnamon Scones, Snickerdoodles
• Nutmeg: Alfredo Sauce, Apple Galette, Mini Spice Cake
  Rice: Fried Rice, Pork Stir Fry, Peaches and Cream Rice Pudding
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