Recipe: Best Rice Kugel (using cooked rice, pineapple and walnuts)

BEST RICE KUGEL

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
3 cups cooked white rice
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup crushed pineapple with juice
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Butter, to grease casserole

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat together sugar, oil, lemon peel, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat in eggs 1 at a time.

Stir in rice, raisins, pineapple and walnuts, combining thoroughly. Pour into a buttered casserole dish.

Bake for 1 hour or until top is golden.

May be served warm or cold.

Source: Lily Urman to the Houston Chronicle, October 13, 2008