The Best Rice Pudding: Extra Creamy and Comforting

Name: The Best Rice Pudding: Extra Creamy and Comforting
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 5 cups whole milk (plus more as needed); 1/2 cup rice (white rice - long grain or arborio rice ); 2 large egg yolk; 4 tablespoons sugar (white); 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; salt (small pinch of salt); ⅓ cup golden raisins (optional); Ground cinnamon (Dusting of cinnamon for serving); 1 cinnamon stick (remove before serving); 1 vanilla bean (split (instead of extract)); ½ teaspoon lemon zest