Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nanaimo bars (canada's other favourite dessert!). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Great recipe for Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!). Nanaimo bars come from the town of Nanaimo, on Victoria Island, off the coast from Vancouver. They're very popular in the west coast of the country, whereas people on the East coast tend to prefer Butter tarts (see my profile for. Nanaimo bars are a popular Canadian dessert that originated in Nanaimo, a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook nanaimo bars (canada's other favourite dessert!) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!):
- Prepare 8 Inch square baking tray, or similarly sized
- Make ready – Bottom Layer —
- Take 110 grams butter (1/2 cup)
- Take 50 grams white sugar (1/4 cup)
- Take 40 grams cocoa (5 tablespoons)
- Take 1 egg (beaten)
- Get 100 grams graham cracker crumbs (1 1/4 cups)
- Get 1 cup coconut
- Take – Filling —
- Take 110 grams butter (1/2 cup)
- Make ready 40 grams heavy cream (2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons)
- Take 20 grams custard powder (2 tablespoon)
- Make ready 250 grams icing sugar (about 2 cups)
- Take – Top Layer —
- Take 115 grams milk or semi-sweet chocolate (4 oz)
- Make ready 30 grams butter (2 tablespoon)
Combine cocoa mixture with coconut mixture then mix well. In a double boiler on low or in a mixing bowl fitting over a small saucepan with simmering water on low heat, add in the butter, sugar, and cocoa powder. Nanaimo Bars are a classic Canadian Christmas dessert. The holidays wouldn't be the same without them.
Instructions to make Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!):
- For the bottom layer, melt your butter, white sugar and cocoa in a double boiler (this is a second pot sitting on top of a pot with gently boiling water in it).
- Remove from the heat, and add the egg, and stir until the mixture thickens. Then stir in crumbs, coconut, and nuts.
- Press mixture into your pan using a rubber spatula.
- For the filling, cream together the butter, cream, custard powder, and icing sugar. Beat this until it has a light consistency, and then spread on top of the bottom layer. If your butter is too hard to cream, you can melt it in advance.
- Spread on top of the bottom layer.
- For the top layer, melt the chocolate and the butter together with your double boiler and mix, once combined remove from heat.
- Let it cool, and while still liquid spread it over the filling layer.
- Cover your tray with plastic wrap, and place in the fridge to cool for at least an hour or two.
- Cut into pieces, and serve cold with tea or coffee. Enjoy!
Nanaimo Bars are a classic Canadian Christmas dessert. The holidays wouldn't be the same without them. This is my mom's recipe and it is less sweet than most. They are made with a chocolate graham cracker, coconut, and walnut crust then topped with a layer of buttery custard and chocolate. The rest of the world is a bit spoiled by the outpouring of cultural contributions from the great country of Canada.
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