Nanaimo Bars

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 185 g butter, chopped
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 cups wheatmeal plain sweet biscuit crumbs
• 1 cup coconut
• 2/3 cup finely chopped pecan nuts
• 60 g butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 30 g dark chocolate, chopped
• 15 g butter

Recipe

• 1 grease a 19cm x 29cm lamington pan.
• 2 melt butter and chocolate over hot water.
• 3 remove from heat and cool 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in egg.
• 5 combine biscuits, coconut and pecans in a bowl.
• 6 stir in butter mixture.
• 7 press mixture firmly over base of prepared pan.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 cream butter and essence in small bowl with electric mixer.
• 10 gradually beat in sifted icing sugar, custard powder and then milk.
• 11 spread filling evenly over base.
• 12 refrigerate until firm.
• 13 topping:.
• 14 melt chocolate and butter over hot water.
• 15 cool slightly.
• 16 drizzle the topping over slice.
• 17 refrigerate until set before cutting.