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Skinny Creamy Custards

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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88% less sat fat • 71% more protein than the original recipe. Flan is a popular Mexican dessert. We’ve replaced cream with Greek yogurt to make a yummy but lower-calorie, lower-fat version of this caramel-flavor sweet.

Skinny Creamy Custards

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 5 hr 30 min
  • Servings 4
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

Custard

  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 containers (6 oz each) Greek yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Glaze

  • 1/3 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Preheat oven to 325° F. To caramelize sugar: In an 8-inch heavy skillet, cook 1/3 cup sugar over medium-high heat until sugar starts to melt, shaking skillet occasionally to heat sugar evenly. Do not stir. Once sugar starts to melt, reduce heat to low. Cook about 5 minutes or until all of the sugar is melted and golden brown, stirring as needed with a wooden spoon.
  • Step 
    2
    Immediately divide caramelized sugar among four 6-ounce custard cups; tilt cups to coat bottoms evenly. Cool slightly.
  • Step 
    3
    Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine eggs, yogurt, 1/3 cup sugar, and vanilla.
  • Step 
    4
    Place custard cups in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Divide egg mixture among custard cups. Place baking pan on oven rack. Pour hottest tap water available into baking pan around custard cups to a depth of about 1/2 inch.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a knife inserted near centers comes out clean. Remove cups from water. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill flans in cups for 4 to 24 hours.
  • Step 
    6
    To unmold flans, loosen edges with a knife, slipping point between flans and sides of custard cups. Invert a dessert plate over each flan; turn over plate and custard cup together. Remove cups from flans. Spoon any caramelized sugar that remains in cups on top of flans.

Nutrition

230 Calories
3 1/2g Total Fat
12g Protein
37g Total Carbohydrate
37g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 custard cup
Calories
230
Calories from Fat
30
Total Fat
3 1/2g
0%
Saturated Fat
1g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
160mg
0%
Sodium
85mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
37g
0%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
37g
Protein
12g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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