Creme Brûlée Sugar Cookies

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Preheat

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oven to 350° and line two cookie sheets with parchment. Cream butter and sugars

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until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix

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in egg and vanilla. In

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another bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt, then add mixture to wet

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ingredients and mix until smooth. Dough will be thick. Using a small cookie scoop, place

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tablespoon balls of dough onto parchment-lined cookie sheets. Press down lightly on each cookie to flatten slightly. Bake

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until edges are just starting to brown, 9 to 10 minutes. Remove

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from oven and let cool 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool

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completely.Make

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frosting: Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and mix

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until smooth. Put

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sugar into a small bowl. Spread about a tablespoon of frosting onto tops of each cookie, then

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press into granulated sugar, coating frosting with sugar. Just

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before serving, use a kitchen torch to caramelize sugar on top, then set aside to

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cool. Store cookies in the fridge

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for up to 4 days.