Not just any Rice Pudding: TAKE TWO!

This is what I did:

Preheat oven to 330 degrees.

4 cups of boiling water
8 bags of sweet coconut celestial seasoning chai (maybe other varieties would work)
1/2+ cup of Jasmine rice.
5 cups of half and half.
1 cup of water.
1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup of chopped dates.
pinch of salt

Pour boiling water over teabags and let steep, still occasionally and squeeze the flavor out occasionally - don't break the bags. Once you're convinced you got all the flavor out, sqeeze bags once more and discard.  Add all the rest except the dates.   Cook for 2 1/2 hours, stirring the skin in occasionally. 1/2 hour add dates, stir, last 20 minutes stir, let bake without stirring until a nice crust forms.

Take out of oven and cool, place in a cold area until cold.  and... then.. like, eat it.

I haven't tried it yet.  Stay tuned for that.

Verdict: not bad, but my advice: skip the dates.  They kind of disintegrate and leave those skins behind :-/  still not bad though.