Nanaimo Bars Recipe

  Dessert

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
4 tbspns cocoa
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup coconut
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Next Layer:
1/4 cup butter
3 tbspns milk
2 tbspns vanilla custard powder or instant vanilla pudding powder
2 cups sifted icing sugar
Next layer
4 squares semisweet chocolate
1 tsp butter

Directions:
Mix the 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, egg & cocoa. Set over boiling water and stir until mixture resembles a custard add crumbs, coconut & nuts. Spread & press into 9X9 pan.

Next, cream the 1.4 cup butter, milk, custard powder & icing sugar. Spread over first mix. Melt the chocolate over hot water (or double boiler or microwave) add butter and blen well. Spread over the icing. Let set in refrigerator a couple of hours.
so sweet, a bit goes a long way
Very rich but delicious at Christmas or holidays.

Nanaimo Bars
 

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