How to Make a "Puerto Rican" Flan

An easy, step-by-step recipe, for making a traditional flan from Puerto Rico.

Kitchen Tools:
Small Metal Pot
Medium Pan
Large Pan
Hot Pad Gloves
Blender
Can Opener
Spoon
Serving Spatula

Ingredients:
1 Cup Sugar
4 Eggs
7.5 oz Cream of Coconut
14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
12 oz Evaporated Milk
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla

Pre-Heat Oven:

375 degrees Fahrenheit

Preparing Caramel:

Heat small metal pot over medium heat.
Add sugar and cook uncovered, stirring the sugar at a steady pace until dark golden brown (sugar turns into caramel).
Quickly pour and spread caramel into medium size pan.

CAUTION: Use hot pad gloves to handle pan, the caramel will be extremely hot!

Combining Ingredients:

Combine in blender; eggs, cream of coconut, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla .
Blend for 3 minutes.

Baking Preparation:

Place large pan on oven rack.
Place medium pan with caramel inside large pan .
Pour combined ingredients into medium pan over caramel.
Fill large pan halfway with water.
Place in oven.

Bake:

Times may vary.
Bake between 1 hour, 15 minutes & 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Cooling Down:

Remove from oven.
Let sit for 1 hour on stove top.
Place in refrigerator and let sit over night.

Serving:

Slice flan in small squares with spatula .
With spatula , lift square flan off the pan and flip over onto a dessert dish.
Pour a spoonful of caramel from pan over served flan.

ENJOY!!!