Recipe Flan made in Muffin Pan

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Muffin Flans

A custard like dessert with a caramelized topping. Originating in Spain this recipe has simple ingredients and many variations including fruit toppings.

Where to Buy Ingredients For This Recipe

Ingredients To Make Muffin Flans

Ingredients for this recipe can be bought at your local grocery store. You will need:

1 can evaporated milk;
1 can sweetened condensed milk;
3 medium size eggs;
1/2 cup white sugar;
1/2 tablespoon white sugar;
1 tablespoon vanilla

You can use a whisk to mix the ingredients in a medium size glass or ceramic bowl.

Make Your Muffin Flans

First, make your caramelized sugar. To do this, put the half cup of white sugar into a medium size non stick fry pan on the stove. It will take some time for the sugar to melt if you leave it on a low or medium heat so what I do is turn the dial to high heat just until I see the sugar begin to melt then quickly lower the heat setting back to medium low. Stir the liquid continually as it melts.

This will get the sugar melting much quicker. Looking at the photos here you can see the sugar dissolves into a liquid state then it hardens rather quickly.

Flan Sugar in Pan

As soon as it melts completely, and before it hardens, you need to put a drizzle into the bottom of each muffin holder. This is what coats the top of your flan once we flip the flan out of the muffin pan. Just use a tablespoon to coat each muffin holder.
Flan Sugar in The Muffin Pan

Once cooked, we flip the muffin pan and the flans will have their topsite caramelized with the melted sugar. Not only does this add to deliciousness of the flan it also looks nice. And, you don't need to put more than 1 tablespoon per muffin holder. Once cooked, the topping has a nice dark color compared to the lighter color of the flan itself. The sugar will also melt down over the sides of the flan.

Once the melted sugar is added you may find they crackle a bit. This is because the sugar is hardening and it doesn't affect the recipe.

Next, you must mix all your remaining ingredients in your mixing bowl and then whisk them until the liquid is smooth and silky.

You can beat the eggs by themselves in a separate bowl, then add them to the mixing bowl, or just add them first and beat them before adding the other ingredients.
Once the eggs are added and beaten, add the sweetened condensed milk, the evaporated milk, the tablespoon of vanilla, and finally, add your half tablespoon sugar.

With this recipe I made 6 flan using a medium size muffin pan. I poured the flan almost to the top of each muffin holder.

Bake The Flan

Pre heat the oven to 350, and bake the flan for 60-65 mins; until it is a bit jiggly but not wavy. Use a toothpick to make sure its cooked properly. Also, to ensure it cooks evenly, you must put the muffin pan into a larger pan filled with water. Add the water at least half the pan's height.

Once cooked let it cool for 20 mins; then run a small non edged utensil around each flan in the muffin holders. This is necessary so that when we flip the pan they won't stick to the sides. I use my cake icing utensil which is rounded at the bottom and made of plastic so it won't harm my non stick pans.

Remove the Flan From The Muffin Pan

We flip the muffin pan to remove the flans. I used my wood cutting board which is the same size as my muffin pan. I put foil on the side where I would be flipping the flan onto. I leave the flan baking side up on the counter.

Flan Flip the Muffin Pan

I take my wood cutting board with foil and put it over the top of my baked flan muffin pan. I slowly flip them keeping them closely nudged. The muffin pan is now flipped and I just leave it for a minute or so until the flan are on the foil covered wood cutting board. Slowly lift the muffin pan from the cutting board and the individual flans should be in tact.

Recipe Variations

You can make this recipe in a rounded pan. I made it also in two 6" small round cake pans; and also in a one 6" rounded cake pan. Using just one 6" single pan gave a taller flan which also tasted better and looked nicer.

You can bake the flan without the melted sugar and just leave them plain or add your own topping like fresh fruit or syrups like caramel.

You can make the flan with less of the sweetened condensed milk then this recipe has. You can use one half to two thirds of the sweetened condensed milk and replace that in the recipe with additional evaporated milk. This is still sweet but not as sweet as using the entire can of sweetened milk, and the flan is still delicious.

And for your sugar in the recipe itself, you can use a half tablespoon of sugar free Splenda instead of sugar.

Choose Your Wine

For our Muffin Flans Recipe we have selected a medium dry white blend wine from Hungary- 3Monkeys Brand. Described by the winemaker as fresh and fruity, it boosts citrus flavour with a lingering candied fruit finish.

3 Monkeys White Blend Wine From Hungary

Because of its' medium dry sweetness it can be paired with several food choices including medium hot n spicy sausage sticks, fruit pie, salads, and our recipe Muffin Flans. Our Flans are a tad sweet thus making it a good match for the sweetness in the wine.

The 3Monkeys white blend wine sells for about $13 at Halifax NSLC stores.

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