Best Flan Ever

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ounce cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 select 2 oven safe containers, one that can easily fit inside the other.
• 3 the large one will be used for a water bath and the smaller one will actually house the flan.
• 4 fill the larger container a little less than half way with water and place in the cold oven to heat up while you prepare the caramel and the custard.
• 5 in a large pan, using a wooden spoon caramelize the sugar until it turns a light golden brown.
• 6 while still hot, transfer the melted sugar to the smaller container, swirling it around until the entire bottom is covered then set aside.
• 7 in a blender add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
• 8 open up the oven where you have placed the water bath and then place the small pan with the caramel inside the large water bath pan.
• 9 pour the custard into the pan being careful not to splash it.
• 10 bake for 30- 45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the center passes a toothpick test.
• 11 remove from oven and allow to cool on rack.
• 12 you may invert this onto a large serving dish with lip or just server out of container you cooked it inches.