Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nanaimo bars. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nanaimo Bars is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Nanaimo Bars is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Nanaimo Bars - a deliciously tempting treat made with decadent chocolate, honey sweetened graham crackers, crunchy nuts, rich butter and custard powder. Some of you are likely asking, what are Nanaimo Bars? They are a popular Canadian confection, basically a layered bar cookie, that to me.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nanaimo bars using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars:
- Prepare 100 ml Butter
- Make ready 50 ml Sugar
- Get 3 heaped tablespoons Cocoa powder
- Take 1 Egg
- Get 380 ml Graham crackers
- Get 100 ml Walnuts
- Get 100 ml Coconut
- Take 100 ml Butter
- Prepare 2 tbsp + 2 teaspoons Heavy cream
- Get 2 tbsp Custard powder
- Get 400 ml Powdered sugar
- Get 100 grams Chocolate
- Take 2 tbsp Butter
Nanaimo Bars are one of Canada's favorite confections. The story goes that a Nanaimo housewife entered a recipe for a chocolate square in a magazine contest. She called her recipe 'Nanaimo Bars'. Yes, I dared to toy with a Canadian classic!
Steps to make Nanaimo Bars:
- 1st Layer: Heat the first 3 ingredients over a bain-marie (butter, sugar, cocoa powder). Add the beaten egg and patiently heat on low heat until thick. Once it thickens, remove from the heat. Add the crushed graham crackers, finely chopped oven-roasted walnuts, and coconut. Mix together and press into the container.
- 2nd Layer: Warm the 2nd butter listed in the ingredients (1/2 cup) to room temperature. Combine this melted 1/2 of butter with the heavy cream, custard powder, and powdered sugar. Mix until fluffy and then place on top of Step 1.
- Melt the chocolate. Add in 2 tablespoons of butter (the 3rd amount of butter listed) and mix together over low heat. Stop the heat and let it cool slightly. While it's still liquid, pour on top of Step 2. Place in the refrigerator until completely chilled.
The recipe has been around forever but what could make it even better?…well I've had several requests over the years for a standard Nanaimo Bar recipe but I'd never posted one. There are practically thousands of websites. Put Nanaimo Bars on the dessert table and you'll instantly make a million new friends. This easy but surprisingly addictive layered dessert bar hails from Canada, and we can't get enough of it! Later versions change the vanilla custard layer to mint or peanut butter but the original is my favourite.
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