Caramel Custard

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 large egg
• 1 (14 ounce) can fat-free sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (12 ounce) can fat-free evaporated milk
• 3 ounces low-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 cook sugar in an 8-inch round cake pan (with 2-inch sides) over medium heat, shaking pan occasionally, 5 minutes or until sugar melts and turns light golden brown. remove pan from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. (sugar will harden.).
• 2 process egg yolks and next 5 ingredients in a blender until smooth. pour mixture over caramelized sugar in pan. cover mixture with aluminum foil.
• 3 place cake pan in a broiler pan. add hot water (150°) to pan to a depth of 2/3 inch.
• 4 bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in center of custard comes out clean. remove cake pan from water bath; cool completely on a wire rack. cover and chill at least 3 hours.
• 5 run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; invert onto a serving plate.
• 6 tip: the 8-oz. blocks of 1/3-less-fat cream cheese have marks on the packaging noting 1 oz. measurements. by using these marks, it is easy to measure the 3 oz. of cream cheese that you need for this recipe.
• 7 variation:.
• 8 banana-caramel custard: prepare custard recipe as directed, adding 1 medium-size ripe banana to egg yolk mixture in blender.