Caramelized Baked Custard

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup sugar, caramelized**
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk, very hot (or regular soy milk)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup flaked coconut (optional)
• nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 lightly grease a 1 quart baking dish or 4 ramekins.
• 3 fill a 9x13 pan (or any shallow pan large enough to hold the baking dish) with 1 inch of hot water and set it in the oven.
• 4 **to caramelize the sugar: melt the sugar in a heavy bottomed skillet without stirring. swirl the sugar in the pan as it melts till caramel colored.
• 5 pour about 1 tablespoons caramelized sugar into each ramekin, or all into baking dish and quickly swirl around to coat bottom and partly up sides.
• 6 the caramel will harden, but the custard will soften it as it bakes.
• 7 beat the eggs together, then add the sugar and salt.
• 8 slowly stir in the hot milk, stirring constantly.
• 9 add the vanilla and coconut, if using.
• 10 strain into the baking dish (if desired).
• 11 i usually just pour it all inches.
• 12 sprinkle the top with nutmeg.
• 13 put into the pan with hot water.
• 14 bake for 55-60 minutes, until a knife comes out clean.