Cooking with Kids: Rice pudding - a nice pudding for young bakers

"It is nice for them to smell the vanilla and cinnamon before it goes into the mixture. Fragrant smells like these can help to build their curiosity about how food is made."

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I always loved rice pudding as a child. 

I have fond memories of stirring a big dollop of raspberry jam into a warm bowl to make the pudding a wonderful bright pink.