Grand Marnier Nanaimo Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups graham wafer crumbs
• 1 cup coconut, unsweetened, flaked
• 1/2 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
• 2/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder, unsweetened sifted
• 1/4 cup sugar, granulated
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup grand marnier or 1/4 cup orange liqueur
• 1 tablespoon orange rind, coarsely grated
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted

Recipe

• 1 in bowl, stir together crumbs, coconut and pecans.
• 2 in small saucepan, gently heat butter, cocoa and sugar until butter melts.
• 3 remove from heat; whisk in egg.
• 4 blend into crumb mixture.
• 5 press into greased 9 inch square cake pan.
• 6 bake in 350f oven for 10 minutes. let cool on rack.
• 7 grand marnier layer: in bowl, place half of icing sugar with butter, mix in half of the icing sugar with butter; mix in grand marnier, remaining icing sugar and orange rind.
• 8 spread over base.
• 9 chocolate topping: stir butter into chocolate until melted; spread evenly over grand marnier layer.
• 10 let cool for 20 minutes in refrigerator; cut into bars.
• 11 (bars can be covered, refrigerated up to 2 weeks, or frozen up to 2 months. let soften slightly before serving.