Cooking Recipe Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars
Recipe Ingredients
BASE
3 oz
Chocolate, semisweet; 3 sq
1/2 c
Butter
2 tb
Sugar
1 ts
Vanilla
1 ea
Egg
2 c
Graham wafer crumbs
1 c
Coconut
1/2 c
Nuts; chopped
FILLING
2 tb
Custard powder; Bird's is
-the most common brand
1/4 c
Milk
2 tb
Butter; softened
1/2 c
Peanut butter, smooth
2 c
Sugar,icing; or confectioner
-sifted
ICING
5 oz
Chocolate, semisweet
-chopped
1 tb
Butter
Directions
An interesting variation of the traditional Nanaimo Bar.
BASE: Melt chocolate and butter in microwave on high power 2 minutes.
Mix in sugar, vanilla and egg. Add crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press
into 9 inch square pan. Chill.
FILLING: Using elctric mixer, beat together all ingredients. Spread
over base; chill.
ICING: Melt chocolate with butter in saucepan on Medium power 3 to 4
minutes. spread over filling.
MAKES: 16 BARS SOURCE: "After School Treats" 2 pamphlet from Kraft
General Foods Canada Lnc. posted by Anne MacLellan