Homemade Vanilla Pudding
Ronnie's Notes
This tastes like the kind my grandma made from the box, before the days of additives and preservatives. It is smooth, creamy and wonderful, best when served slightly warm with real, cold cream.
Prep time: less than 15 minutes
Region: Comfort Food Recipes
Instructions
Heat the milk in a saucepan over moderate heat for a few minutes until bubbles appear around the edges of the pan.
Sift the sugar, cornstarch and salt together in a small bowl.
Add 1/2 cup of the heated milk and stir the ingredients to form a smooth paste.
Transfer this paste to the saucepan of heated milk.
Cook the ingredients, stirring constantly, for a minute or so or until the mixture is thick and smooth.
Remove the pan from the heat.
Let the pudding cool for a few minutes.
Stir in the butter and vanilla extract.
Pour into 4-6 dessert dishes and chill thoroughly.
(If you like a "skin" on top of the pudding, do not cover the dish, otherwise cover the dish with plastic wrap.) Chocolate pudding: increase sugar to 2/3 cup, add 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and sift with the other ingredients; reduce vanilla extract to 1-1/2 tsp.
Butterscotch pudding: substitute brown sugar and increase to 2/3 cup, use 1-1/2 TB.
butter and reduce vanilla extract to 1-1/2 tsp.