Tapioca Pudding

5 ingredients
16 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 quarts 1 percent milk (half-gallon)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup small pearl tapioca (not instant)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1
    Use a 4-quart slow cooker.
  2. 2
    Combine the milk, sugar, and tapioca pearls in the stoneware.
  3. 3
    Stir well to mix.
  4. 4
    Cover and cook on high for 2 to 5 hours.
  5. 5
    You want the tapioca to be soft and somewhat slimy, but it wont get thick.
  6. 6
    In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs with the vanilla.
  7. 7
    Measure out 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca mixture and whisk it into the eggs.
  8. 8
    Add another 1/2 cup of the hot milk and tapioca, and whisk that into the eggs, too.
  9. 9
    Then add yet another.
  10. 10
    Now youll have a bowl of yellow tapioca gooeyness.
  11. 11
    Pour the contents of the bowl into the stoneware, and whisk until it is all thoroughly combined.
  12. 12
    I cover and cook on high for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the tapioca is pudding-like in consistency.
  13. 13
    Unplug the cooker and let the pudding sit for about 1 hour to cool.
  14. 14
    Ladle into serving-size bowls and chill in the refrigerator.
  15. 15
    Or eat it with a serving spoon, hot, right out of the crock!
  16. 16
    Your choice.

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