Cream Cheese Flan

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Our cream cheese version is the stuff flan-tasies are made of. With reviews like "GREAT GREAT GREAT!" you'll want to keep this recipe in mind when it's time to wow guests.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

4 hr 50 min

servings

total:

8 servings

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What You Need

cups sugar, divided

can (12 oz.) evaporated milk

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed, softened

eggs

tsp. vanilla

Dash salt

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

COOK 1 cup sugar in small saucepan on medium heat until sugar is melted and deep golden brown, stirring constantly. Pour into 9-inch round pan; tilt pan to cover bottom with syrup.

BLEND milk and cream cheese in blender until smooth. Add remaining sugar, eggs, vanilla and salt; blend just until smooth. Pour over syrup in pan. Place filled pan in larger pan; add enough hot water to larger pan to come halfway up side of smaller pan.

BAKE 50 min. to 1 hour or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool slightly. Carefully remove flan from water. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate several hours or until chilled. Unmold onto plate just before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

How To Unmold Flan

Bake and refrigerate flan as directed. Run metal knife around edge of flan. Invert onto plate; shake gently to loosen. Gently twist to remove pan. To soften any remaining caramel in pan, dip bottom of pan in hot water; spoon caramel over flan.

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese.

Flavor Variations

Prepare as directed. Choose one of the following options: Guava: Add 1/2 cup guava paste, cut into pieces, or 1/2 cup canned guava shells in heavy syrup to cream cheese batter before pouring into prepared pan. Lime: Add zest from 1 lime to boiling sugar mixture; remove from syrup before sugar caramelizes. Pour into prepared pan as directed. Cajeta: Add 1/4 cup cajeta (Mexican goat milk caramel) to cream cheese batter before pouring into prepared pan. Chocolate-Orange: Add 2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted and cooled, and 1 Tbsp. orange zest to cream cheese batter before pouring into prepared pan. Coconut: Omit vanilla and add 1/4 cup BAKER'S ANGEL FLAKE Coconut or 1/2 cup coconut milk and 1 Tbsp. rum to cream cheese batter before pouring into prepared pan.

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Kitty-Kut

posted:7/1/2006

This recipe was so easy to make, easy to serve, and all the family loved it, including the kids. It was creamy and sweet and from my family to your family try it, you can't miss.

k-9 mom

posted:6/28/2006

EASY and GOOD!

paradapalace

posted:6/8/2006

my friend made it for us I liked it.

yrendon

posted:5/30/2006

Good and easy to make.

lilkat123

posted:5/16/2006

This flan was fairly easy to make, and turned out really good. It was not as sweet as I thought it was going to be but it was my first time trying flan. I would definitely make it again because my husband and daughter loved it!

judithjmk

posted:5/9/2006

WOW! This cheesecake flan was superb. It was easy to make, is a beautiful "presentation" dessert, the consistency smooth, the taste perfect - not too sweet, not too cheesy. Try it - you won't be sorry.

sarita8

posted:5/8/2006

Coming from a mexican family thata everbody knows how to cook but me, they were very impressed with very easy to make flan. They even said very much better then orginanal kind.

a cook

posted:5/4/2006

I made one flan for my family, and it was so delicious I made a second one to take to work. Everyone (family and work) loved it!!! Very easy to make. I will definitely make it again.

Karima12

posted:5/3/2006

it's just superb

a cook

posted:5/1/2006

I loved this recipe because it was so simple and besides that I had quite a bit of cream cheese on hand. I did experience some problem with the consistency of my carmel. (Not sure what went wrong there). All in all, it was pretty good and I will definately try it again.