recipes@decwrl.UUCP (03/13/87)
Copyright (C) 1987 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE NANAIMO-BARS-1 D "19 Dec 86" 1987 .RZ "NANAIMO BARS I" "A Favorite Canadian sweet" This comes from a page in an obscure magazine called something like \fICanadian Homemaker\fR, 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. .IH "2 dozen" .IG "\(12 cup" "butter or margarine" "120 g" .IG "\(14 cup" "white sugar" "50 g" .IG "1" "egg" .IG "4 Tbsp" "cocoa" "30 g" .IG "2 cups" "Graham wafer crumbs" "180 g" .IG "1 cup" "coconut" "70 g" .IG "\(12 cup" "chopped nuts" "60 g" .IG "\(14 cup" "butter" "60 g" .IG "3 Tbsp" "milk" "50 ml" .IG "2 Tbsp" "vanilla custard powder" "30 ml" (or pudding powder) .IG "2 cups" "sifted icing sugar" "250 g" .IG "4 squares" "semisweet chocolate" .IG "1 tsp" "butter" "5 ml" .PH .SK 1 Mix the \(12 cup butter, white sugar, egg, and cocoa. Set over boiling water and stir until mixture resembles a custard. .SK 2 Combine crumbs, coconut, and nuts. Combine with the butter/sugar mixture, blending well. Spread and press tightly into a .AB "9\(mu9 inch" "22\(mu22 cm" pan. .SK 3 Cream the \(14 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. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 20 minutes preparation, several hours chilling. .I Precision: measure the ingredients. .WR Barry Hayes Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA bhayes@glacier.stanford.edu decwrl!glacier.stanford.edu!bhayes