Managed Properties with Rich Text (HTML)

Hello All.

I have a rich text site column that I created through the UI. After using the column in a list and running a full crawl SharePoint automatically created a crawled property and managed property for this column: ows_r_MTXT_MyField and MyFieldOWSMTXT. They currently hold HTML. When I use them in display templates, the field value is HTML just as I want it.

However, I later used a feature to create a rich text site column. SharePoint did not create a managed property after the full crawl but there was a crawled property: ows_My_x0020_Field. I created my own managed property and mapped it to that crawled property. Now when they are used in display templates all HTML elements have been removed. It's plain text.

How can I configure my managed property (or crawled property) to return HTML?

Thanks in advance.

Lester Sconyers