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After Dinner Nanaimo Bars




Source of Recipe


Courtesy of: Canadian Living Cooks


List of Ingredients




1 cup butter, melted
2 tbsp sugar
2 egg
3 cup cookie, chocolate, crumbs
1 x 200 g coconut, sweetened, desiccated
1/3 cup butter, melted
4 tbsp custard powder
1/4 cup milk
1 tbsp peppermint, extract
4 cup sugar, icing
1 drop food colouring, green
8 oz chocolate, semisweet, chopped
2 tbsp butter

Recipe



Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)

Grease 13- x -9 inch (3.5 L) metal cake pan.

Line with parchment paper.

Set aside.

In bowl, whisk butter, sugar and eggs.

Stir in cookie crumbs and coconut.

Press into bottom of prepared pan.

Bake in centre of 350º F (180º C) oven until firm, about 20 minutes.

Let cool completely in pan on rack.


Filling:

Meanwhile in bowl, stir together butter, milk, custard powder and peppermint extract.

Beat in sugar until smooth.

Beat in food colouring to desired shade.

Spread evenly over base.

Refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes.


Topping:

Meanwhile, in heatproof bowl over saucepan of hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate with butter; spread over filling.

Refrigerate until set; cut into bars.

Yield: 40 bars