Recipe of Homemade Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!)

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nanaimo bars (canada's other favourite dessert!) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!):

1. Take 8 Inch square baking tray, or similarly sized
2. Make ready – Bottom Layer —
3. Make ready 110 grams butter (1/2 cup)
4. Make ready 50 grams white sugar (1/4 cup)
5. Take 40 grams cocoa (5 tablespoons)
6. Make ready 1 egg (beaten)
7. Make ready 100 grams graham cracker crumbs (1 1/4 cups)
8. Take 1 cup coconut
9. Prepare – Filling —
10. Prepare 110 grams butter (1/2 cup)
11. Make ready 40 grams heavy cream (2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons)
12. Get 20 grams custard powder (2 tablespoon)
13. Get 250 grams icing sugar (about 2 cups)
14. Prepare – Top Layer —
15. Prepare 115 grams milk or semi-sweet chocolate (4 oz)
16. Take 30 grams butter (2 tablespoon)

Instructions to make Nanaimo Bars (Canada's other favourite dessert!):

1. For the bottom layer, melt your butter, white sugar and cocoa in a double boiler (this is a second pot sitting on top of a pot with gently boiling water in it).
2. Remove from the heat, and add the egg, and stir until the mixture thickens. Then stir in crumbs, coconut, and nuts.
3. Press mixture into your pan using a rubber spatula.
4. For the filling, cream together the butter, cream, custard powder, and icing sugar. Beat this until it has a light consistency, and then spread on top of the bottom layer. If your butter is too hard to cream, you can melt it in advance.
5. Spread on top of the bottom layer.
6. For the top layer, melt the chocolate and the butter together with your double boiler and mix, once combined remove from heat.
7. Let it cool, and while still liquid spread it over the filling layer.
8. Cover your tray with plastic wrap, and place in the fridge to cool for at least an hour or two.
9. Cut into pieces, and serve cold with tea or coffee. Enjoy!

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