Welcome to New England!

A dessert commonly found in the New England area--Grape Nut Pudding.  Yum! I love just about anything with a custard.  It's a very light dessert that you can eat warm or cold.  Either way, its delicious!  I won't waste much time talking about how good it is, lets get making it....

Grape Nut Pudding

• 3/4 cup Grape-Nuts cereal
• 4 cups whole milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease the bottom and sides of ramekins.
2. Place the Grape-Nuts cereal in a large bowl and set aside. Warm the milk on the top of stove in a small saucepan.  Only heat until scalding.  Don't bring to a boil!   
3. Add warm milk to Grape-Nuts.  Allow to stand for about 5 minutes.
4. While the cereal soaks, beat the eggs and add the vanilla extract, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Beat lightly until the sugar is dissolved.
5. Add a bit of the warm milk to the eggs, 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time to temper them. Once you've added about a half cup of the milk to the eggs, add the entire mixture to the milk and cereal. Stir to combine and pour into the ramekins.
6. Place the ramekins in a large roasting pan and add hot water to the outer pan until it reaches about half way. Place the pan in the oven and bake, 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Carefully remove the pudding from the water-filled outer container and set on a cooling rack to cool completely.
8. Makes 12 servings