No Bake Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bar Canada Recipe

How to make it

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• Line an 8 by 8-inch baking pan or casserole with aluminum foil, with long flaps hanging over each edge.
• For the cookie:
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• Put the butter in a heatproof medium bowl.
• Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer over medium-low heat.
• Set the bowl over, but not touching, the water.
• Once the butter is melted, add the sugar and cocoa, and stir to combine.
• Add the egg and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until warm to the touch and slightly thickened (it should be about the consistency of hot fudge), about 6 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in graham crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press the dough firmly into the prepared pan.
• (Save the pan of water for melting the chocolate.)
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• For the filling:
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• Beat the butter, peanut butter and confectioners' sugar together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light.
• Spread over the cookie and freeze while you prepare the chocolate glaze.
• Filling can be doubled or tripled as suggested in comments.
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• For the glaze:
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• Put the chocolate and butter in a medium heatproof bowl, and set over the barely simmering water.
• Stir occasionally until melted and smooth.
• Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• (Alternatively, put the chocolate and butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl.
• Melt at 50 percent power in the microwave until soft, about 1 minute. Stir, and continue to heat until completely melted, about 1 minute more.).
• When cool but still runny, pour the chocolate layer over the chilled peanut butter layer and carefully smooth out with an offset spatula. Freeze 30 minutes.
• To serve, remove from the freezer and let sit at room temperature for 5 minutes. Pull out of the pan using the foil flaps and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 1-inch squares with a sharp knife.
• Serve cool or at room temperature.
• Finished bars can be wrapped in the pan in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil and frozen for up to 1 month.
• All credits to foodnetworks 12 Days of Cookies