This Store-Bought Cookie Dough Hack Will Make You Feel Like a Star Baker

If you’re like us, you baked about a thousand cookies in December.All this measuring, mixing, and washing dishes leaves us exhausted, but one thing remains: our daily cravings for cookies.Fortunately, store-bought cookie dough exists.But do we have to get our stand mixer out when we want something other than regular chocolate chips or sugar cookies?Do not!There are plenty of ways to crack your store-bought cookie dough, and these crème brulee sugar cookies from TikTok  we’ve ever seen.
Creme Brulee is one of the best desserts we’ve ever had – a creamy, rich vanilla custard sprinkled with sugar and caramelized with a blowtorch or under the broiler until caramelized. With this recipe, you won’t need to make custards or cookies from scratch.All you need is a box of prepared vanilla pudding mix (or even just some vanilla pudding cups) and a tube of store-bought sugar cookie dough.
The first step is to simply cut the cookie dough into rounds, place them on parchment paper or a silpat lined baking sheet, and bake.Then, take the cookies out of the oven, and before they have a chance to cool down, you’ll be pressing down the center with a spoon, so there’s a little dent in the center.
Then, you want to fill that depression with vanilla pudding and sprinkle some granulated sugar on top.Get out your trusty cooking blowtorch and start melting the sugar.You’ll know it’s ready when it’s slightly golden brown and the sugar granules are mostly melted.
The end result is a sugar cookie with a chewy center and crisp edges with a creamy filling and a crunchy sugar top.No one would have guessed that you don’t actually need to measure flour, roll out dough, or stir simmering custard to make these desserts.