Vanilla Pudding!
A really fresh and fragrant dessert!

Ingredients
- 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 2 large egg yolks
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 2 1/2 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Preparation
Place milk in a medium, heavy saucepan. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to milk. Bring to a boil.
Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well. Combine half-and-half and egg yolks, stirring well. Stir egg yolk mixture into sugar mixture. Gradually add half of hot milk to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return hot milk mixture to pan; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat. Add butter, stirring until melted. Remove vanilla bean; discard.
Spoon pudding into a bowl. Place bowl in a large ice-filled bowl for 15 minutes or until pudding cools, stirring occasionally. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap; chill.

# 1 by tipsheetwriter
September 27th, 2010 at 2:35 am #
this is my favorite pudding ever!
# 2 by zain0077
September 27th, 2010 at 3:04 am #
WOW….I like it.
# 3 by Raj the Tora
September 27th, 2010 at 8:02 am #
Again Vanilla, I lov eit
# 4 by drelayaraja
September 27th, 2010 at 8:26 am #
Lovely share..
# 5 by Noeal V
September 27th, 2010 at 11:14 am #
Nice Share.
# 6 by alvinwriter
September 27th, 2010 at 9:20 pm #
Vanilla flavor always hits the spot when it comes to desserts like this! A must try!
# 7 by Sudheer Birodkar
September 28th, 2010 at 6:33 am #
Sounds and looks yummy. I’m gonna try this. Thanks for sharing and Congrats
# 8 by nafisa noronha
September 30th, 2010 at 6:15 pm #
sounds easy …will try soon