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Nanaimo Bars

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Butter(or Margarine)
  • 1/2 cup Sugar,white
  • 1 Egg
  • 4 TBSP Cocoa
  • 2 cups Graham wafer crumbs
  • 1 cup Coconut
  • 1/2 cup Nuts,chopped
  • 1/4 cup Butter
  • 3 TBSP Milk
  • 2 TBSP Vanilla custard powder (or pudding powder)
  • 2 cups Icing sugar
  • 4 Chocolate Squares (semi-sweet)
  • 1 tsp Butter

Directions

  1. Mix the 1/2 cup butter,white sugar,egg and cocoa. Set over boiling water and stir until mixture resembles custard.
  2. Combine crumbs,coconut and nuts.Combine with the butter/sugar mixture,blend well.Spread and press into a 9x9 inch pan.
  3. Cream the 1/4 cup butter,milk,custard powder and icing sugar.Spread over mixture in pan.
  4. Melt chocolate over hot water:add butter and blend well.
  5. Spread over the icing.Let set.
  6. Chill and keep refrigerated until serving time.
Yield
24