Nanaimo bars used to be a family favorite for Christmas for years and years. It's a three layer bar: chocolate- coconut cookie on the base, custard icing in the middle and topped with semi-sweet (I would now prefer bittersweet) chocolate. It's way too sweet and rich for my tastes now, although a tiny square is... it's like a complex fudge. Very yummy.
Nanaimo Bars
½ cup butter ¼ cup white sugar 3 tbsp cocoa 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 cup coconut ¼ cup butter 2 cups sifted icing sugar 2 tbsp custard powder 2 tbsp hot water 2 squares semi-sweet chocolate 1 tsp butter ½ cup chopped nuts
Cook butter, sugar, cocoa over hot water till sugar dissolves. Add beaten egg and vanilla. Remove from heat and add crumbs, coconut and nuts. Spread in greased 8”x8” pan. Place in fridge to set. Combine butter, sugar, custard powder and hot water. Mix well. Spread over first mixture and return to fridge. Melt chocolate and butter. Spread on top of icing and chill until firm. Cut into small squares (1” is good).
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Date: 2007-10-17 02:09 am (UTC)Nanaimo Bars
½ cup butter
¼ cup white sugar
3 tbsp cocoa
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup coconut
¼ cup butter
2 cups sifted icing sugar
2 tbsp custard powder
2 tbsp hot water
2 squares semi-sweet chocolate
1 tsp butter
½ cup chopped nuts
Cook butter, sugar, cocoa over hot water till sugar dissolves. Add beaten egg and vanilla. Remove from heat and add crumbs, coconut and nuts. Spread in greased 8”x8” pan. Place in fridge to set. Combine butter, sugar, custard powder and hot water. Mix well. Spread over first mixture and return to fridge. Melt chocolate and butter. Spread on top of icing and chill until firm. Cut into small squares (1” is good).