Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special 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.

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.

Nanaimo Bars is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Nanaimo Bars is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have nanaimo bars using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. Get 100 ml Butter
  2. Prepare 50 ml Sugar
  3. Prepare 3 heaped tablespoons Cocoa powder
  4. Take 1 Egg
  5. Take 380 ml Graham crackers
  6. Take 100 ml Walnuts
  7. Get 100 ml Coconut
  8. Take 100 ml Butter
  9. Take 2 tbsp + 2 teaspoons Heavy cream
  10. Take 2 tbsp Custard powder
  11. Make ready 400 ml Powdered sugar
  12. Make ready 100 grams Chocolate
  13. Take 2 tbsp Butter

In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Set a large heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water to create a double-boiler. Add butter and stir until melted, then whisk in sugar, cocoa powder, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Later versions change the vanilla custard layer to mint or peanut butter but the original is my favourite.

Steps to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Add butter and stir until melted, then whisk in sugar, cocoa powder, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Later versions change the vanilla custard layer to mint or peanut butter but the original is my favourite. The Nanaimo bar / n ə ˈ n aɪ m oʊ / is a bar dessert that requires no baking and is named after the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia. It consists of three layers: a wafer, nut (walnuts, almonds, or pecans), and coconut crumb base; custard icing in the middle; and a layer of chocolate ganache on top. Many varieties exist, consisting of various types of crumb, various flavours of icing.

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