Fabulous Flan

Borrowed from my Advents and Journeys Blog.

The recipe is really easy. Just follow these steps.

Begin by making the caramel: In a small frying pan or sauce pan using medium heat, add 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of water without stirring until the mixture begins to form a dark golden color. Once this mixture becomes golden, immediately remove from the heat and pour into a pyrex. The smaller the pyrex, the taller the flan. The bigger the pyrex, the flatter the flan. Use your judgment. I don't know the exact size of the pyrex I currently use (sorry). Refrigerate this mixture, allowing it to cool.

• Prepare the flan:
  Pre - heat oven to 350 degrees
  Fill a squared pan with about 2 inches of water. This pan should be large enough to accomodate your pyrex, and place into the oven. In a blender combine the following ingredients:
  1 twelve ounce can of evaporated milk
  1 can of condensed milk
  4 eggs
  1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  

For a cheese flan just add an eight ounce package of cream cheese (I highly recommend this)

Remove the pyrex from the refrigerator and pour the flan mixture into the pyrex

Open the oven and place the pyrex into the square pan. There should at least be a 2 inch distance between your pyrex and this pan

Cooking time: approximately 1 hour (about 1 hour and 45 minutes for the cheese version).