Arroz con Leche *recipe edited*

I couple of months back I posted up a recipe for arroz con leche that I found online, I do love that recipe but it didn't turn out as creamy as I liked so I instead came up with another way to make it and it's a much more simple recipe. 

Arroz con leche

1 1/2 cups rice 

6 cups of milk (I used whole milk)

2 cinnamon sticks

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 cup condensed milk

*orange peel or orange zest

*1-2 cups of milk

In a pot add the milk, cinnamon sticks, ground cinnamon and rice. Turn the stove onto medium high heat and bring the mix to a low boil, make sure to watch the pot because it will boil over quickly if you aren't paying attention. While you are bringing it to a boil make sure to mix it so the rice doesn't get stuck to the bottom.

After about 7-8 minutes the mix should start to boil, mix again and then turn the heat low (on my stove I turned it down to a 2). Cover the pot and let cook for about 10 minutes (again make sure you stick around to make sure it doesn't boil over) there will start to be more rice than liquid, stir again making sure to scrape the bottom of the pot. Let cook for another 10 minutes, by this time the liquid will be almost gone and you can take it off the heat. Add in the condensed milk and vanilla, mix and serve while warm, you can sprinkle a little more ground cinnamon ontop. 

*I usually add in an orange peel or orange zest to my rice pudding to give it a subtle zing to the pudding but I didn't have oranges so I omitted them this time, but if you do add in the orange peel place it in the pot at the same time you place in the cinnamon sticks to let the Orange flavor develop in the rice pudding and remove when you are ready to serve. 

*Also if you like your rice pudding a little creamier just add 1-2 more cups of milk when most of the liquid is evaporated, mix in the milk and let it cook for another 5 minutes before removing from heat and adding the rest of the ingredients.