NANAIMO BARS
From cougarwoman 14 years ago
- 1-2145 minutes to make
- Serves 48
layered cookie(I say brownie).From Vancouver Island a bay away from Olympics! Nanamio a town (pronounced nuh-NIGH-moe). Sweet pleasure.Base crushed grahams,chocolate coconutnutty, topped with buttery middle layer finished with glossy chocolate.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs lightly beaten. shopping list
- 1 1/3 C. Melted butter plus shopping list
- 2T unmelted butter. shopping list
- 2/3 C. cocoa shopping list
- 1/2 C. white sugar (raw is ok too) shopping list
- 3 C. graham cracker crumbs shopping list
- 2C. shredded coconut (I toast mine, have done 1/2 toasted 1/2 not diff texture, your call) shopping list
- 1C. finely chopped nuts (Type is your call. I use any and all of these,pistacio,pecan,walnut,macadamia,brazil,hazlenut) shopping list
- 1/4 C. whole milk shopping list
- 2t. vanilla shopping list
- 4C. Confectioners sugar shopping list
- 8 Oz. semi sweet chocolatew chopped (I use chips, no chopping and like milk or white chocolate as well.) shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 350* grease 13X9 inch cake pan.
- Line with parchment paper extending 1" on each of long ends ,(I spray paper)
- Whisk eggs,1C of melted butter,cocoa,sugar,in a large bowl; stir in nuts crumbs and coconut.
- Press into prepared pan.
- Bake 10 Mins. Cool in pan on rack.
- Stir together remaining 1/3 melted butter milk and vanilla in a medium bowl.Beat in Confectioners Sugar until smooth.
- Spead evenly over cooled base.
- Refrigerate until Firm.About 45 mins.
- Place Chocolate of your choice in a microwave safe bowl ..with the 2T. unmelted butter..Heat 1 min;Stir..heat 30 sec;Stir until smooth and melted. (I have used a double boiler as well)
- Spread evenly over filling..Score the surface into serving size pieces.
- Refrigerate until set..about 1 hour.
- Use long edges of parchment paper to lift out of pan..Peel paper off any cut into bars..The reccomended yeild is:48 Bars.
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