Nanaimo Bars
Recipe: #14026
August 27, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Pacific Northwest, Baby Shower, Birthday, Christmas, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day Labor Day, Potluck, Oven Bake, Bars, Chocolate, more
"started in vancouver 3 layer bars"
Ingredients
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- INGREDIENTS FOR MIDDLE LAYER
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- INGREDIENTS FOR TOP LAYER
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (83.1 g)
- Calories 310.5
- Total Fat - 18 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.9 g
- Cholesterol - 47.5 mg
- Sodium - 316.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.7 g
- Sugars - 32.5 g
- Protein - 5.2 g
- Calcium - 18.8 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Make bottom layer: Grease a 9-inch square cake pan.
Step 2
Combine 1/2 cup butter, sugar, cocoa, egg, and vanilla in a heavy sauce pan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Step 3
Add graham crackers crumbs, coconut, and chopped walnuts, stirring to combine. Press the mixture in the greased pan.
Step 4
Make middle layer: Beat together ¼ cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla custard or pudding powder, and milk, until the mixture is creamy. Spread over graham cracker base in cake pan.
Step 5
Refrigerate bars until firm, at least 1 hour.
Step 6
Make topping: Melt semi-sweet chocolate and 1 Tablespoon butter. Drizzle over chilled bars. Return to refrigerator to chill until firm (at least 1 hour).
Step 7
Cut into squares and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.