Vanilla Pudding

By KrisR

silky smooth, undeniably better than instant

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 Tbs cornstarch
• 3 cups whole or 2% milk
• 4 beaten egg yolks
• 1 Tbs butter
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla (or almond extract)

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a medium heavy saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in milk. Cook and stir mixture over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Meanwhile, put the beaten egg yolks in a medium bowl; set aside. Remove pan from heat. Gradually stir 1 cup of milk mixture into egg yolks. Add the egg mixture to the rest of the milk mixture in saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil; reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 more minutes.
2. Remove pan from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Pour pudding into a bowl. Cover the surface of pudding with plastic wrap. Serve warm or cold. Do not stir during chilling.

to make chocolate pudding:
decrease the cornstarch to 2 Tbs
decrease the milk to 2 2/3 cup
add 1/3 cup cocoa powder along with the sugar

to make lemon pudding:
decrease milk to 2 1/2 cups
add 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice with the butter