Easy 3-Ingredient Crème Brûlée Recipe (So Simple!)

Creamy, dreamy, three ingredient magic. This little crème brûlée is the quickest way to feel fancy at home 😍🍮✨ So simple, so smooth, so good.

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Keyword Crème Brûlée

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Chill 3

Total Time 3 35

Servings 4

Preheat your oven to 325°F and put a kettle of water on to boil. You will need the hot water for baking the custard.
Pour your melted ice cream into a medium bowl and whisk in the egg yolks until everything is smooth and blended nicely.
Set four little 3 ounce ramekins in a square baking dish. Divide the custard evenly among them, right up to the top if needed. Slowly pour the boiling water into the baking dish until it comes about halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Move the dish into the oven with care and bake until the edges of the custard are just set while the centers still have a light jiggle, about forty minutes.
Lift the ramekins out of the hot water and let them cool on a wire rack for about an hour. Once they are no longer warm, cover each one and refrigerate until they are fully chilled and firm, at least two hours.
Right before serving, sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar over each custard. If you have a kitchen torch, hold the flame a few inches above the surface and move it slowly until the sugar melts and turns a deep golden brown.
If you do not have a torch, place the ramekins on a baking sheet and broil them on high for three to four minutes, watching carefully so they do not burn. Serve as soon as the tops are caramelized.

You can use any good dairy based pint you like, as long as it is not low fat and does not have candy pieces, nuts, or cookies mixed in. Keep it plain and creamy, and this little shortcut will work every time.
To melt the ice cream, let it soften overnight in the refrigerator, or warm it gently in the microwave in short intervals, stirring after each one, until fully melted but not hot.