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Nanaimo Bars I

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert

Tags: canadian, medium difficulty, recipes for dessert, recipes using almond, recipes using butter, recipes using cocoa powder, recipes using dark chocolate, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using powdered sugar, recipes with images, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ANanaimo_Bars_I)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ANanaimo%20Bars%20I&oldid=4622764

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Bottom layer

  • ½ cup unsalted butter (European style cultured)
  • ¼ cup white granulated sugar
  • 5 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1¼ cups graham wafer crumbs
  • ½ cups finely-chopped almonds
  • 1 cup coconut

Middle layer

  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp and 2 tsp cream
  • 2 tbsp vanilla custard powder
  • 2 cups icing sugar

Top layer

  • 4 squares (4 oz) semi-sweet chocolate
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter

Directions

Bottom layer

  1. Melt first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler.
  2. Add egg and stir to cook and thicken.
  3. Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut, and nuts.
  4. Press firmly into an ungreased 8 x 8-inch cake pan.

Middle layer

  1. Cream butter, cream, custard powder, and icing sugar together well. Beat until light.
  2. Spread over bottom layer.

Top layer

  1. Melt chocolate and butter over low heat. Cool.
  2. Once cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.
  3. Once set, cut into squares and serve. Enjoy.