Description
Creme Brûlée Cookies are a luxurious fusion of soft buttery sugar cookies, silky vanilla pastry cream, and a crisp caramelized sugar topping. Inspired by the classic French dessert, these cookies deliver creamy, crunchy, and chewy textures in every elegant bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2¼ cups whole milk
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1½ tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 3½ tbsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, cubed
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
- ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling
- ½ cup granulated sugar for brûlée topping
Instructions
- Heat milk until steaming but not boiling.
- Whisk egg yolks, sugar, salt, vanilla, and cornstarch until smooth.
- Temper eggs with hot milk, then return mixture to saucepan.
- Cook while whisking until thick and custard-like.
- Remove from heat and stir in butter.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt, then add to wet ingredients.
- Roll dough into balls, roll in sugar, and indent centers.
- Bake at 350°F for 9–10 minutes.
- Cool completely, then fill centers with pastry cream.
- Sprinkle sugar on top and torch until caramelized.
Notes
Torch sugar topping just before serving to maintain a crisp brûlée finish. Pastry cream must be fully cooled before filling cookies.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: French-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 295
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 135mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
Keywords: creme brulee cookies, french dessert cookies, vanilla custard cookies, gourmet cookies