Glorified Picnic Rice recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups water
1 cup white rice
½ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained, reserving juice
2 eggs, beaten
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed
1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained

Nutrition Info

152.5 calories
carbohydrate: 27.1 g
cholesterol: 23.3 mg
fat: 4.3 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 3.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 14.2 mg
sugar: 14.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine water and rice in a 3-quart saucepan. Bring to boil, simmer until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Allow to cool.

  2. Mix sugar and flour together in a bowl. Stir sugar mixture, pineapple juice, and beaten eggs together in a saucepan, cook and stir over medium-low heat until the mixture has the consistency of pudding, about 5 minutes. Allow to cool.

  3. Mix rice, pudding, pineapple, whipped topping, and cherries together in a bowl. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

My ex-mother-in-law used to make this for holidays. I never did get her recipe. Years later I was at a potluck picnic when a friend showed up with this. The next day she gave me a copy of the recipe, and I have treasured it ever since.

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