Nanaimo Bars (mudbug take note)

[Alix]

Bottom Layer:

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
5 tbsp cocoa
1 beaten egg
1 3/4 cup graham crumbs
3/4 fine coconut

Melt first three ingredients in either a double boiler or the microwave. Add the rest of the stuff and the egg and press into a 9x9 pan.

Second Layer:

1/2 cup melted butter
3 tbsp milk
2 tbsp custard powder
2 cups icing sugar

Stir these together until it is a yellowy paste. Pour over layer one and chill a bit to harden.

Third Layer:

5 squares semi sweet chocolate
2 tbsp butter

Melt and pour over other layers. Chill briefly to set.

These are VERY sweet and very rich. Eat at your own risk. Diabetics...AVOID.

 

[Audeo]

"Rich" sure sounds like an understatement, Alix! Geez, I'd bet those are great!

Got to ask a potentially blonde question, which may well have already been answered elsewhere, but are these named after Nanaimo, BC?

 

[Alix]

Yes they are. I don't know who originally invented them, but my brother lives in Nanaimo, and the recipe is straight from his kitchen.

 

[Alix]

Oh, and yes...rich IS a HUGE understatement. But heck...I live to sin.

 

[mudbug]

thanks, Bad-Influence-of-the-Month!

 

[middie]

lol mud.
alix they sound
terrific

 

[Alix]

8)

 

[Alix]

OH MY GOSH! I am so grateful I found this! I was having a panic attack trying to find it in my recipe box and its MISSING. I vaguely remembered posting it for Mudbug, and thank heavens I did. I think Madeleine and I will be making these today.

 

[ChefJune]

Oh, and yes...rich IS a HUGE understatement. But heck...I live to sin.

Apply directly to hips, do not pass "go," do not collect $200!

OMG, these are so sinful! First time I ever had them, Nanaimo's most famous citizen was gifted with a box of them and passed them around, "ordering" everyone to eat them.... of course, we were "forced" to oblige! I don't DARE make them, tho! there must be 3000 calories in each square!

 

[cjs]

You would have been covered Alix if you hadn't found your recipe - I have this also and love to make them for customers and eat just one or two!

 

[Alix]

June, I hear if you eat them standing up all the calories fall out! LOL! I don't even want to calculate the calorie count in one of these babies. They are a holiday staple though and they are nice and easy to make for a girl just starting her forays into the kitchen.

cjs, thank you for the info. I suspect you have a lot of recipes I might like. The next time I lose one I will make sure I post and ask for help.

(Oh, and FYI, I didn't get to making these today because it took my girl so long to get her lunch into her. Her face was still frozen from the dentist poor kid!)

 

[bandonjan]

These are definitely good. I think my favorite are
the Irish Cream ones. I can only eat half a bar at
a time though....very rich.