Creme Caramel

 In my cookbook reading I came across a recipe for Creme Caramel.  The writer said it is comfort food from her childhood.  If you happen to still have one, a tool made for lifting canning jars is great to lift the hot custard cups out of the hot water.

Creme Caramel

Ingredients:

• 8 tsp. brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Lightly press about 2 teaspoons brown sugar each into the bottom of 4 custard cups.
3. Beat eggs lightly with whisk.  Mix in remaining ingredients.
4. Pour carefully over brown sugar. Set cups in shallow pan of hot water.  
5. Bake 50 minutes or until table knife inserted near edge of cup comes out clean.
6. Remove from hot water and cool on rack. Carefully  loosen edge of custard with knife and untold for serving.