Name: The Original Nanaimo Bar
Yield: 1 batch
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup cocoa; 1 egg (beaten); 2 cups graham crackers (crushed); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup Coconut; 1/2 cup butter; 3 Tbl Milk; 1 3 3/4 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding mix; 2 cups Powdered Sugar; 4 1oz squares semi-sweet chocolate (or1 6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips); 2 Tbl butter

Nanaimo Bars are a traditional Canadian bar cookie whose origins are in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

The Original Nanaimo Bar

from Jenny Gaus

Servings

batch

Ingredients

BOTTOM LAYER

1/2 cup Butter
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Cocoa
1 Egg beaten
2 cups Graham Crackers crushed
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 cup Coconut

SECOND LAYER

1/2 cup Butter
3 Tbl Milk
1 3 3/4 oz pkg Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
2 cups Powdered Sugar

THIRD LAYER

4 1oz squares Semi-sweet Chocolate or1 6-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 Tbl Butter

Instructions

BOTTOM LAYER

Melt first 3 ingredients in top of a double boiler. Add egg and stir to cook and thicken Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press firmly into an ungreased 8 X 8 pan.

SECOND LAYER

Cream butter, cream, custard powder and icing sugar together well. Beat until light. Spread over bottom layer.

THIRD LAYER

Melt chocolate and butter over low heat. Cool. When cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.

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