Fourth of July Flan

FLAN
6 whole eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cans evaporated milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

SYRUP
1/4 cup sugar

Melt the sugar for the syrup in the mold over the stove. Cool.

Beat eggs. Add sugar, evaporated milk and vanilla. Pour mixture into mold. Place mold in a shallower pan. Fill outer pan with hot water to halfway up the mold. Put into a 300 degree oven for about an hour. Cool in refrigerator. Unmold into serving dish.

(Featured in "A Simple Flan" at 87 Gentle Street. Also featured in "Spontaneous Combustion" on The The Prada Mama Chronicles.)