Mom'S Caramel Coconut Flan - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
8 large eggs
2 tall (13 oz. each) cans evaporated milk (undiluted)
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 c. flaked coconut

Preparation

Place a 6-cup mold in a large shallow baking pan filled with 1-inch of hot water.
Place in a moderate oven (350\u00b0) for 10 minutes to warm.
While mold is warming, heat 1 cup of the sugar in a small saucepan, stirring constantly, until melted and golden. Remove mold from water with pot holder.
Pour melted sugar into mold and swirl to coat bottom and sides with the caramel; cool slightly.
Beat eggs until foamy in a large bowl.
Beat in remaining sugar, milk and salt until blended.
Stir in coconut. Pour mixture into caramel-lined mold.
Replace mold in water bath. Bake in a moderate oven (350\u00b0) for 1 hour or until knife inserted 1-inch from edge comes out clean.
(Center will still be soft.) Remove from water bath.
Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Refrigerate until cold.