Recipe for "nanaimo-bars-1"

NAME

     NANAIMO-BARS-1 - A Favorite Canadian sweet
     This comes from a page in an obscure magazine  called  some-
     thing  like Canadian Homemaker, by way of a Canadian friend,
     Steve Deering.  This is a traditional Canadian  sweet,  much
     loved and admired. The origin of the recipe seems to be lost
     in the mists of time, though everyone seems to agree that it
     comes from the town of Nanaimo, in British Columbia.

INGREDIENTS (2 dozen)

     120 g     butter or margarine
     50 g      white sugar
     1         egg
     30 g      cocoa
     180 g     Graham wafer crumbs
     70 g      coconut
     60 g      chopped nuts
     60 g      butter
     50 ml     milk
     30 ml     vanilla custard powder (or pudding powder)
     250 g     sifted icing sugar
     4 squares semisweet chocolate
     5 ml      butter

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix the 1/2 cup  butter,  white  sugar,  egg,  and
               cocoa.  Set over boiling water and stir until mix-
               ture resembles a custard.
          (2)  Combine crumbs, coconut, and nuts.   Combine  with
               the  butter/sugar  mixture, blending well.  Spread
               and press tightly into a 22x22 cm pan.
          (3)  Cream the 1/4 cup butter,  milk,  custard  powder,
               and  icing  sugar.   Spread  over  mixture in pan.
               Melt the chocolate over hot water; add butter  and
               blend  well.   Spread  over  the  icing.  Let set.
               Chill and keep refrigerated.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time:  20  minutes  preparation,  several
     hours chilling.  Precision: measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Barry Hayes
     Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
     bhayes@glacier.stanford.edu   decwrl!glacier.stanford.edu!bhayes