Vanilla Pudding - Best Ever!

By Nanatimesthree

We love it poured over fresh fruit!

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 cups half and half or whole milk
• 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla or vanilla bean paste
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium heavy saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch. Add half-and-half. Cook and gently stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. remove from heat. Gradually stir 1 cup of the half-and-half mixture into egg yolks.

Slowly whisk egg yolk mixture into half-and-half mixture in saucepan. Bring to gentle boil; reduce hat. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, vanilla, and sea salt. Pour pudding into 6 individual serving bowls. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap. Let stand 45 minutes; serve warm or chill up to 24 hours before serving.