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Caramel Apple Flan

Maria Emmerich
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups organic cream or canned coconut milk if dairy sensitive
  • 1 cup Natural Sweetener plus 1 tsp stevia glycerite for best sweetness
  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 tsp apple extract
  • 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract or one vanilla bean scraped clean
  • 1/2 tsp pure almond extract
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • CARAMEL SWIRL: omit if dairy sensitive
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup Natural Sweetener
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • GARNISH with bacon crumbles if desired!

Instructions
 

  • Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325°F.
  • In a large bowl, place the cream or coconut milk, natural sweeteners, eggs, extracts, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Divide evenly among 8 ramekins.
  • Place ramekins to a large roasting pan and add enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Loosely cover the pan with foil and bake until the custard has barely set (a knife inserted halfway between the edge and the center should come out clean), 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in the water bath, then refrigerate to chill thoroughly. DO AHEAD: The flans can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Serve cold. Drizzle with caramel before serving.
  • To make caramel: Before you begin, make sure you have everything ready to go – the cream and the butter next to the pan, ready to put in. Work fast or the sweetener will burn. Heat butter on high heat in a heavy-bottomed 2-quart (2 L) or 3-quart (3 L) saucepan. As soon as it comes to a boil, watch for specks of brown (this is brown butter….so good on veggies!). Immediately add the Swerve Confectioners and the cream to the pan. Whisk until caramel sauce is smooth. Let cool in the pan for a couple minutes, and then pour into a glass mason jar and let sit to cool to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Flan = 566 calories, 31.6g fat, 6.4g protein, 69g carbs
"Healthified" Flan = 251 calories, 23.9 g fat, 6.2g protein, 3.6g carbs
"Healthified" Coconut Milk Flan (no sauce) = 247 calories, 23.3g fat, 7.1g protein, 5.2g carbs