{"id":1205,"slug":"flan-de-queso-cream-cheese-flan","title":"Flan de Queso (Cream Cheese Flan)","description":"This recipe for flan de queso was originally contributed by Brenda Ortiz.","ingredients_raw":["8 oz cream cheese","14 oz leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk)","12 oz evaporated milk","4 large eggs","1 tsp vanilla extract","1 cup of white granulated sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["cream cheese","leche condensada","evaporated milk","egg","vanilla extract","white granulated sugar"],"steps":["Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)","Add cream cheese, leche condensada, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla extract into a mixing bowl. Mix ingredients thoroughly at medium speed until smooth.","Place the sugar in the bottom of a small circular baking pan. Add the flan mixture on top without mixing the two layers.","Fill a large rimmed baking sheet with about 1.5 inch of water. This is called baño de Maria (bain-marie).","Carefully place baking sheet with flan mixture in the baño de Maria.","Bake flan for 45–50 minutes in the preheated oven. The flan is ready when you insert a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean.","Let flan cool until safe to handle. Tip the flan pan upside-down onto a serving plate, and refrigerate for 5 hours.","Serve with fresh mint leaves for garnish."],"categories":["Custard recipes","Recipes using cream cheese","Recipes using egg","Recipes for custard","Flan recipes","Recipes for dessert","Baking recipes","Puerto Rican recipes","Vegetarian recipes","Naturally gluten-free recipes","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using sweetened condensed milk","Recipes using evaporated milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Flan_de_Queso_(Cream_Cheese_Flan)","source_ref":"4522208","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Flan_de_Queso_(Cream_Cheese_Flan)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"da0e78ca5625449061149e8301df35c0789fb8770eaf96ae7e414761541e0359","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/flan-de-queso-cream-cheese-flan"}