15 Minute Vanilla Rice Pudding

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Ingredients

3	cups	milk, divided
1	cup	Minute^® White Rice, uncooked
1/3	cup	raisins (optional)
1	pkg	(4 serving size) vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling

BRING 1 cup of the milk to a boil in medium saucepan. Stir in rice and raisins (if desired); cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
MEANWHILE prepare pudding as directed on package with remaining 2 cups milk.
ADD rice mixture to prepared pudding; stir. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap; cool 5 minutes. Stir. Serve warm or chilled.
Serve sprinkled with ground cinnamon or 1 cup shredded coconut.
Add a Springtime Touch: Prepare as directed, omitting cinnamon. Sprinkle with tinted shredded coconut and pastel miniature jelly beans.
How to Tint Coconut: Mix 1/2 teaspoon water with a few drops of food coloring. Add colored water to 1-1/3 cups coconut in a sealable plastic bag. Close bag and shake coconut back and forth until coconut is evenly tinted.