The BEST Homemade Vanilla or Chocolate Pudding Recipe!
This homemade vanilla or chocolate pudding recipe is easy to make and you can make it vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter or butterscotch! The basic recipe is for vanilla pudding and you’ll find easy variations in the instructions.
- Yield: Serves 4-6.
Ingredients
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1/3 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/8 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- Mix the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a 2 qt. saucepan.
- Add the eggs to the sugar mixture.
- Slowly stir in milk until combined.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and boils.
- Boil and stir 1 minute.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Cool slightly.
- Pour into dessert dishes and chill.
To Make Chocolate Pudding
Stir 3 Tbsp. cocoa into the sugar-cornstarch mixture in the above recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding
Stir 1/4 cup peanut butter into chocolate pudding. Omit butter or margarine.
Butterscotch Pudding
Substitute 2/3 cup packed brown sugar for the sugar and decrease the vanilla to 1 tsp.
