Old Fashioned Rice Pudding

Here is Gag's famous rice pudding recipe in her own handwriting, this is surely a treasure!

1/2 cup uncooked regular rice (no instant or converted rice)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup salted water
1 qt. whole milk
1/2 stick butter
3 eggs
1 cup plump raisins (optional)
1 tsp vanilla
2 TB. sugar
1 TB. cinnamon

Pour rice slowly into rapidly boiling salted water in 3 qt. pot. Cover tightly and cook about 7 minutes until all water has evaporated and the rice will be underdone. Add milk and butter, stir a little. Bring to a boil, cover and cook slowly over a low flame for one hour. Meanwhile, beat eggs, turn off heat. Add sugar, then eggs, slowly until mixture starts to thicken. Add vanilla and raisins. Pour into a dish and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture.

Good Luck!!