Recipes & Cooking Desserts & Baking Pudding, Custard & Mousse Creme Brulee 3.6 (19) 2 Reviews Create the crackling caramel topping for this custard dessert by melting sugar in a skillet on the stove top. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on June 14, 2011 Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Prep Time: 20 mins Cool Time: 30 mins Bake Time: 18 mins Stand Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hr 28 mins Servings: 4 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 2 cup half-and-half or light cream 5 egg yolks, slightly beaten ⅓ cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup sugar Edible flower petals (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 325 degree F. Heat half-and-half or light cream in a small heavy saucepan over medium-low heat just until bubbly. Combine slightly beaten egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, vanilla, and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Beat with a wire whisk or rotary beater just until combined. Slowly whisk or stir the hot cream into the egg mixture. Place four ungreased 4-inch quiche dishes or oval or round tart pans without removable bottoms into a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Set the pan on an oven rack in the preheated oven. Pour custard mixture evenly into the dishes. Pour very hot water into the baking pan around the dishes until water is halfway up the sides of the baking pan. Bake for 18 to 24 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center of each dish comes out clean. Remove dishes from pan; let cool about 30 minutes. Cover, chill for 1 hour or up to 8 hours. Before serving, let the custards stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. Place 1/3 cup sugar in a heavy 10-inch skillet. Heat skillet over medium-high heat until sugar begins to melt, shaking skillet occasionally to heat sugar evenly. Do not stir. Once sugar starts to melt, reduce heat to low; cook until sugar is completely melted and golden (3 to 5 minutes more), stirring as needed. Spoon melted sugar quickly over custards in a lacy pattern or in a solid piece. If melted sugar starts to harden in pan, return to heat, stirring until it melts. If it starts to form clumps, carefully stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons water. If desired, garnish custards with edible flower petals. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 364 Calories 20g Fat 39g Carbs 7g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 4 Calories 364 % Daily Value * Total Fat 20g 26% Saturated Fat 11g 55% Cholesterol 311mg 104% Sodium 192mg 8% Total Carbohydrate 39g 14% Protein 7g 14% Calcium 131.3mg 10% *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.