Vanilla Tapioca Pudding

Name: Vanilla Tapioca Pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 3-1/4 cups fat-free milk; 2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 package (.8 ounce) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

As a widower, I've recently started to learn how to cook. I created this tapioca pudding that's not only low in fat, but is easy to make, too. —Robert Daggit of Shoreview, Minnesota

Ingredients

3-1/4 cups fat-free milk
2 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
2 tablespoons sugar
1 package (.8 ounce) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the milk, tapioca, sugar and pudding mix. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
Spoon into four dessert dishes. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 133 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 4mg cholesterol, 118mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (20g sugars, 0 fiber), 7g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat-free milk.

Originally published as Easy Tapioca Pudding in Light & Tasty August/September 2006

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Joscy

Jun 22, 2014

OMGoodness, this sounds **wonderful**. Thank You for sharing! growing up my Mom would make the *regular* kind tapioca pudding. Cannot say enough how much I miss her.
ConnieK

Mar 16, 2014

Excellent! Easy and very quick to make. Thanks for sharing!
wezziewood

Feb 17, 2010

I have made this recipe several times, and found I could "bump" the flavor by using French Vanilla pudding and extra vanilla extract.