Nanaimo Bars

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 5 teaspoons cocoa
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
• 1 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla custard powder
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 2 teaspoons unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 melt the first three ingredients in top of double broiler.
• 2 add egg and stir to cook and thicken.
• 3 remove from heat.
• 4 stir in remaining ingredients.
• 5 press firmly into a ungreased 8x8 pan.
• 6 --------secondlayer--------.
• 7 cream together butter, cream, custard powder and icing sugr.
• 8 spread over bottom layer.
• 9 ------thirdlayer------.
• 10 melt chcolate and butter over low heat.
• 11 cool.
• 12 whe cool but still liquid pour over second layer and chill well in refirgerator.
• 13 cut into bars and serve.