CREME BRULEE

3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup white sugar
2 cups light cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven broiler. In a medium bowl, stir together eggs and sugar until smooth; set aside.
2. In the top of double boiler over simmering water, heat cream until bubbles start to form at edges. Remove from heat and whisk into egg mixture, a little at a time, until fully incorporated.
3. Return mixture to double boiler and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Cook 2 minutes more, then remove from heat. Cool completely. Stir in vanilla.
4. Pour cooled mixture into a 1-quart, shallow baking dish and place dish in an ice bath, in a larger, ovenproof dish.
5. Sprinkle brown sugar over surface of mixture and place under preheated broiler 1 to 2 minutes, until top is lightly browned and bubbly.