{"id":13328,"date":"2016-09-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatrecipe.com\/blog\/?p=13328"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:27:18","slug":"butterscotch-tapioca-pudding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatrecipe.com\/butterscotch-tapioca-pudding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding Rich, Creamy Comfort Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you want something truly delectable, nothing beats a bowl of creamy, dreamy butterscotch tapioca pudding. Chewy tapioca pearls in a sweet rich sauce. Some old fashioned comfort on a spoon. Mmmm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is surprisingly easy to make. Read on to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have quite a few healthy recipes on the blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This recipe is anything but healthy. It is comfort food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loaded with butter and brown sugar, it isn't an every day food. It is \"I'm recovering from a cold, the house is a mess, my child is bouncing off the walls and I need something to make me feel better\" food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipe comes from Cooking from Quilt Country by Marcia Adams<\/a> (affiliate link) based on the 1980s PBS series of the same name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapioca pudding is often made by soaking the pearls and eventually adding eggs in two batches, first the yolks then later folding in the beaten whites. This recipe does neither. No soaking and it is done cooking in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WARNING: Not All Small Pearl Tapioca is the same<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tapioca is made from the cassava plant that grows in the tropics (very popular in South American and South East Asian cuisine). Here in the US we hardly use cassava except as tapioca and mainly as a thickener, or to make pudding and boba (milk tea).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have tried several different brands of small pearl tapioca to make pudding. Some use the amount of tapioca in the recipe. Some use half the amount. Both are labeled as small pearl tapioca (not quick cooking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What should you do?<\/strong> Check the directions on your package of tapioca pearls. If the ratio of water to pearls is higher (more water than tapioca) try the package ratio first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it seems too soupy to your liking add more pearls and keep cooking. It won't harm the already cooked pearls to cook a bit longer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Comfort Food Recipes from #OurFamilyTable<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Tis the season for comfort food and we have some comforting recipes to share with you today with lots of delicious soups, pastas and desserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comfort Food Recipes<\/h3>\n