Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, nanaimo bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Nanaimo Bars is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Nanaimo Bars is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Combine graham crackers, coconut and walnuts and add to the melted mixture. Beat until creamy and spread over melted base. Remove from heat and mix in the graham cracker crumbs, coconut and almonds (if you like). Remove from the heat; blend in sugar, cocoa, vanilla, egg, crumbs and coconut.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nanaimo bars using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. Take 1/2 cup butter
  2. Take 5 tbsp cocoa or carob powder
  3. Get 1/4 cup sugar
  4. Take 1 egg slightly beatin
  5. Make ready 2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  6. Make ready 1 cup fine coconut
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
  8. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
  9. Prepare 2 cup icing sugar
  10. Prepare 1/4 cup soft butter
  11. Get 3 tbsp milk
  12. Get 2 tbsp vanilla instant pudding mix
  13. Make ready 1 1/2 cup carob chips or chocolate chips
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp butter

Later versions change the vanilla custard layer to mint or peanut butter but the original is my favourite. Stir in cracker crumbs, coconut and, if desired, almonds. For filling, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, pudding mix, butter and milk until smooth; spread over crust. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth.

Steps to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. mix first 3 ingredients in melt in saucepan over low heat.
  2. mix egg into saucepan
  3. add crumbs,coconut and walnuts
  4. press mixture into buttered 11x 7
  5. put pan in frig, cool wile preparing filling
  6. mix icing sugar, butter,pudding mix, and vanilla
  7. spread filling over bottom of squares, cool
  8. melt carob and butter,spread over cooled filling.

For filling, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, pudding mix, butter and milk until smooth; spread over crust. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Nanaimo Bars are a traditional Canadian bar cookie whose origins are in Nanaimo, British Columbia. My Mom used to make these when I was a child. She was from Canada & this is not your normal desert!

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