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Kids + messy recipes + clean ovens don’t go together very often. My boys love to help me cook and want to participate in the entire process but no matter the recipe it seems to end up a mess! I have a messy recipe for you today that the boys like to help make but that leaves my oven (and kitchen) less than desirable. It’s definitely worth it though!

Living in the Southwest we eat a TON of Mexican food (ok we’d eat tons of Mexican food no matter where we lived) and this dessert finishes off a Mexican feast perfectly.

 CINNAMON FLAN

  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 14oz can of condensed sweetened milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350ºF

In a small saucepan place the sugar with a bit of water (you’re going to make caramel) heat on medium – medium high constantly stirring (sugar burns easily) until a caramel forms (once it starts boiling you can lift the pan to just above the heating element to reduce burning risk). Remove immediately from heat.

Poor into a 1.5qt casserole dish or 9″ cake pan and swirl to coat the bottom – set aside.

In a blender combine the rest of the ingredients and blend on medium/high for about a minute (don’t let it get too frothy)

Pour over caramel until it just reaches the top of the pan (can you see how this recipe gets messy?!)

Place cake pan into another larger pan and slide into the oven. Add HOT water to the 2nd pan (about an inch or so)

Bake for 50-60 minutes until set. It will still be jiggly but not watery. Remove the flan pan from the hot water and let cool a bit. Invert onto serving dish and enjoy warm or cold (we like it cold!) you can spoon some of the extra caramel on top to make it extra sweet!

 

(the mess comes from the inevitable spilling of the flan, getting the water into the pan, and getting everything OUT of the oven!)

 So good!

I’ll just leave the cleaning to my husband I think 😉 OR I could get an LG EasyClean™ Double Oven Range that allows you to clean your oven in minutes! Oven cleaning definitely gets put to the back of the list around here and builds up making cleaning it take FOREVER. I’d love a quick, easy way to clean up our messy recipes so that we can get on with more important things of the day, like swimming!

I love simple solutions to issues that take away from family time like this and the LG EasyClean™ Oven is definitely one of them!

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Find out more about this awesome new product on their website!

 

GIVEAWAY!

 

Guess what?! In addition to making our lives easier LG wants to give away an LG EasyClean™ Double Oven Range. No that is not a typo!

Just answer the question “What is YOUR favorite recipe that leaves your oven messy?”

 

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Allison Waken is a wife, mom of boys and Phoenix, AZ native. She has been creating inspiring content for All for the Boys since 2011. Allison loves travel, movies and spending as much time as possible with her family while she can!

159 Comments

  9. Sonya Morris Reply

    My family’s favorite meal that never fails to leave a mess in the oven is lasagna!

  12. Natalie Shmigelsky Reply

    My family loves Chicken Pot Pie! That makes the oven quite messy when it bubbles over. We also love cheesy scalloped potatoes!

  18. tina reynolds Reply

    my husbands homemade loaded pasta dish always leaves the stove an unreal mess. Thanks for the chance to win.

  20. Betty C Reply

    It seems like everything I put in the oven leaves a mess. Berry cobblers always bubble over and drip. What a mess to clean up!

  22. RIA Reply

    I usually get that mess when I make muffins- i always seem to overfill the muffin pan

  27. Suzanne Lewis Reply

    Casserole with bacon and cheese always bubbles over and splatters.

  30. Pauline M Reply

    Since I’m realtively new to the baking scene, I haven’t had much in the way of mishaps, but I can tell you that making ice cream cupcakes can get really messy when they tip over!

  31. Jennifer J Reply

    My homemade baked beans can get a little sticky and messy. Thank you for this awesome giveaway.

  32. Jaque Reply

    I love to cook a turkey draped in smoked bacon, to self baste….it is always a hit but always leaves my oven splattered with grease and drippings. Thank you. 🙂

  35. Rachel E Reply

    Broiled hamburgers always make a mess but are convenient for us in cold months.

  38. cheryl gaston Reply

    pies I love making homemade pies and some runs over and it will be sticky and smoke and smell the whole kitchen up. than I got to scrub and scrub till my fingers ach really bad.

  39. Thomas Chappell Reply

    When I cook Lasagna (which is my favorite to make and eat) The bubbling yummy cheese and sauce always bubbles over and leaves a mess.

  41. michelle tucker Reply

    Whenever I make THanksgiving dinner (especially things with marshmallows) it gets messy.
    michelletucker at baconnation dot net

  46. Sara S. Reply

    Any type of homemade pizza usually gets my oven pretty messy! The problem might be solved if I didn't load on the ingredients, but I believe loaded ingredients are inherent to most pizzas 🙂

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