Autumn Vanilla & Spice Rice Pudding

WONDERFUL dessert to serve up for your little goblins around halloween,or to serve around Thanksgiving..It is warm,comforting and tasty! 8)

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 3  cups milk
• 1  cup  instant rice, uncooked
• 1  red apples or 1  green apple, chopped
• 1⁄3 cup raisins
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 (3 1/2ounce) package instant vanilla pudding or 1 (3 1/2ounce) package vegetarian instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Bring the 1 cup of the milk to boil.
2. Next,stir in the rice,chopped apple,raisins,cinnamon& nutmeg;cover.
3. Remove from heat an let stand for 5 minutes.
4. While letting it stand,prepare the pudding as directed with the remaining 2 cups milk.
5. Stir the rice mixture into prepared pudding.
6. If using the nuts,stir in next.
7. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap;& cool for 5 minutes.