Nanaimo Bars
Created by QueenBea on August 15, 2012
- Servings: 9
- Prep Time: 25m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #6212
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter plus 1 tablespoon, separated
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 5 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups graham wafers crumbs
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet)
How to Make
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Step 1: Grease a 9-inch square cake pan.
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Step 2: In a sauce pan combine 1/2 butter, white sugar, cocoa, 1 egg and vanilla.
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Step 3: Cook over medium heat stirring constantly, until smooth and slightly thickened.
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Step 4: Stir in the graham crumbs, coconut and walnuts and press into prepared pan.
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Step 5: Cream 1/4 cup of the butter and gradually beat in powdered sugar and 1 egg. (This is where you can add different flavouring and food coloring if you like).
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Step 6: Spread over crumb mixture and chill for about 15 minutes.
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Step 7: Melt the chocolate and 1 tablespoon butter together in a double broiler or in a microwave, being careful not to burn.
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Step 8: Spread on top.
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Step 9: Chill until set.
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Step 10: Cut into squares with a sharp knife.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (129.8 g)
- Calories 684.8
- Total Fat - 49.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 25.6 g
- Cholesterol - 38.9 mg
- Sodium - 473.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 58.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.7 g
- Sugars - 41.2 g
- Protein - 6.4 g
- Calcium - 59.7 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg