Flan

Good Flan from a quality Mexican restaurant is a favorite of mine. I found this easy recipe in an Eagle Brand recipe book. It works!

3/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 3/4 cup water
1 14 oz can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In heavy skillet over medium heat, cook and stir sugar until melted and caramel-colored. Carefully pour in 8 ungreased oz custard cups, tilting to coat bottoms.
2. In large mixing bowl, beat eggs; stir in water, Eagle Brand, vanilla and salt. Pour into prepared custard cups. Set cups in large shallow pan. Fill pan with 1 inch hot water.
3. Bake 25 minutes or until knife inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool. Chill. To serve, invert flans onto individual serving plates. Top with Sugar Garnish, if desired. Store covered in refrigerator. Serves 8

Sugar Garnish:
Fill medium bowl half-full of ice. In medium saucepan, combine l cup sugar with 1/4 cup water. Stir; cover and bring to a boil. Cook over high heat 5 to 6 minutes or until light brown in color. Immediately put pan in ice for 1 minute. Using spoon, carefully drizzle sugar decoratively over foil. Cool. To serve, peel from foil. (I usually skip this, but it is pretty.)