Cinnamon Rice Pudding
Comforting stovetop pudding — rice slowly cooked in milk with sugar and cinnamon.
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Join HomecookedIngredients
- 150 g White rice
- 800 ml Milk
- 80 g Sugar
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 20 g Butter
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Honey (optional)
Method
- Combine the rice, milk, sugar, cinnamon stick, and salt in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Bring to a gentle simmer; cook stirring occasionally for 35 minutes until the rice is soft and the pudding is creamy.
- Off the heat, stir in the butter and honey if using. Pull out the cinnamon stick. Serve warm.
Nutrition per serving
Estimated from ingredients; varies with exact portions and brands.
About Cinnamon Rice Pudding
Cinnamon rice pudding is textbook comfort food: white rice simmered slowly in milk with sugar and a whole cinnamon stick until the starches release and thicken the liquid into something creamy and gentle. The low heat and gentle simmer are key — any aggressive boiling will break down the rice into mush and make the pudding gluey. Thirty-five minutes of occasional stirring allows the rice to absorb milk gradually, releasing its starch in measured amounts to create a creamy suspension rather than a custard. A cinnamon stick (not ground cinnamon) infuses the pudding with a warmer, more nuanced spice that doesn't taste like the cinnamon-sugar of casual breakfast but rather like something that's been thought through.
This is the pudding your grandmother made, or the one you wish she had: no eggs to worry about, no careful tempering, just milk and rice and time. Butter stirred in off-heat adds a silky note, and a drizzle of honey (optional) adds warmth without making the dish sweet in a childish way. Serve it warm in a bowl, watch the rice grains suspended in the creamy milk, and understand why this has been comfort food for centuries across cultures. The simplicity is the whole point — a proof that you don't need complexity or technique or lots of ingredients to make something worth eating slowly and thinking about.
Cinnamon Rice Pudding: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Cinnamon Rice Pudding?
One serving of Cinnamon Rice Pudding has about 380 calories, with 9g of protein, 61g of carbs, 11g of fat and 1g of fiber. These are estimates based on the ingredient amounts in this recipe and will vary with your exact portions and brands.
Is Cinnamon Rice Pudding gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Cinnamon Rice Pudding has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Cinnamon Rice Pudding dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Milk, Butter. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Cinnamon Rice Pudding take to make?
About 45 minutes start to finish, but only around 4 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Cinnamon Rice Pudding?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out honey — it's optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Cinnamon Rice Pudding make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.