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an individual serving of pumpkin flan topped with whipped cream and a cherry

How to Make Pumpkin Flan

This is the best simple and easy pumpkin spice flan you'll ever taste! This recipe is easy to follow. Pumpkin flan is incredibly smooth and creamy with a thin caramel sauce.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 171 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350º. Heat a kettle of water and set aside. You'll need it later.
  • Pour ½ cup sugar into a 9-inch round cake pan. Shake the pan to distribute the sugar evenly in the pan. Cook over medium heat until the sugar melts and turns light brown. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. You will hear it crack as it cools. That's totally normal.
    Allow the melted sugar to cool slightly
  • In a small pot, heat the milk and remaining ½ cup sugar over medium heat. Stir frequently. When the mixture is hot and frothy, turn off the heat.
    milk in a saucepan with a whisk
  • Using a stand mixer or electric mixer, blend the remaining ingredients. Slowly add the hot milk using a low speed. When it's well blended, pour the mixture over the now-cooled caramelized sugar.
    Pour the custard mixture into the prepared pan
  • Place the cake pan into a roasting pan. When the water is very hot, pour it into the roasting pan about an inch deep. Put the whole thing in the oven and bake for 60-70 minutes, until a knife stuck in the center comes out clean. The flan will still be jiggly at this point, so don't mistake its being jiggly as a sign that it's not done.
    Place the pan of flan in a baking sheet in the oven
  • Remove cake pan from water and set it to cool on a wire rack. When it's no longer warm, cover and chill.
    The cooked flan
  • To serve, loosen edges and invert onto a serving platter. All of the wonderful syrup from the bottom of the pan will pour out overtop of the flan.
    Turn the flan out onto a plate

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 223mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 5001IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 1mg
Keyword pumpkin
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