Simply The Best Mexican Flan

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 1/3 cups whipping cream
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat 1/2 cup sugar in sauce pan to make caramel.
• 2 watch closely till it turns amber, swirl now and then.
• 3 pour to individual 5 ramekin cups.
• 4 let cool to form base of the flan.
• 5 in a pan, heat milk with half and half just till barely simmering.
• 6 if making it coffee flavor, now is the time to put the coffee granules.
• 7 add the 1/2 cup remaining sugar and stir till dissolved.
• 8 pour some of the milk mixture to eggs and beat (just to temper eggs).
• 9 pour the warm egg mixture back to the pan and keep whisking.
• 10 add in vanilla and salt.
• 11 pour to ramekins.place all ramekins in a big pan 13x9.
• 12 bake 325 oven for 45 minutes bane maria.
• 13 (pouring hot water on the 13x9 pan, working up to 1 inch of water on the ramekins.).