World's Best Rice Pudding

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   Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

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   Heat butter in a 4 quart saucepan.

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   When frothy add rice and cook for a minute.

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   Slowly add milk, pinch salt, sugar, vanilla, cranberries and bring to under a boil.

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   Transfer to a 9 inch square baking pan and set in oven.

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   Bake uncovered for 1 1/2 hours stirring every 15 minutes.

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   Then bake undisturbed for 30 minutes.

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   Then stir in cranberries, stir and bake for another half hour (for a total of 2 1/2 hours).

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   Variations: you can to add heavy cream in the last half hour of baking.

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    Or if you want a crusty topping, reduce sugar to 1/4 cup.

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    Once out of oven, crumble brown sugar and butter over rice pudding and run the pudding under the broiler until melted and bubbly.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.