Recipe: Dinah Shore's Rice Pudding

Dinah Shore's Rice Pudding
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1/2 cup rice
1 cup salted water
1 quart of whole milk
1/4 cup butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup raisins
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. cinnamon

Pour rice slowly into boiling salted water. Do not stir. Cook exactly 7 minutes. Add milk and butter. Stir a little. Bring to a boil and cook covered on low heat for one hour. Meanwhile, beat eggs and mix with 1/2 cup sugar, raisins and vanilla. At the end of one hour, add egg mixture to rice, stirring until rice thickens, about 2 minutes. Serve with mixture of 3 tbsp. sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on top.