White Chocolate-Cherry Rice Pudding

• 3 1/2 cups 1% low-fat milk, divided
• 1/3 cup dried cherries
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup instant rice
• 1 (1-ounce) package sugar-free white chocolate instant pudding mix
• Cinnamon sticks (optional)

1. Bring 1 1/2 cups milk, dried cherries, and next 4 ingredients to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Stir in rice; cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. While rice mixture cooks, prepare pudding mix according to package directions using remaining 2 cups milk. Stir prepared pudding into rice mixture. Serve warm. Garnish with cinnamon sticks, if desired.
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milk, dried cherries, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, butter, salt, instant rice, cinnamon

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/white-chocolate-rice-pudding (may not work)