Nanaimo Bars

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Nanaimo Bars a try. This recipe serves 8 and costs 66 cents per serving. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 437 calories. This recipe from The Kitchen Magpie requires granulated sugar, milk, custard powder, and egg. 123 people were glad they tried this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 13%, this dish is not so spectacular. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Nanaimo Bars, Nanaimo Bars, and Nanaimo Bars.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter

1 cup of chocolate chips

2-3 tbsp custard powder

1 large egg, beaten

1¾ cups of graham cracker crumbs

¼ cup of granulated sugar

2 cups of icing sugar

3 tbsp milk

¾ cup of unsweetened coconut

½ finely chopped walnuts

Equipment:

pot

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Start with the bottom ingredients.In a large pot, melt the butter, sugar and cocoa together until it’s smooth. Quickly beat in the egg, making sure there are no lumps.Add in the graham crumbs, coconut and walnuts.Firmly press into the bottom of an un-greased 9×9 pan.Get your middle ingredients together.Custard powder should readily be available in any store and is what gives the middle layer the yellow color.Cream the icing, butter, milk and custard powder together with a mixer, then spread onto the bottom layer.Melt the cup of chocolate chips and 2 tbsp of butter together.Spread the chocolate on top evenly, then cool in the fridge for a couple hours. The nanaimo bars are best chilled, they hold together the best, since the middle layer is well, butter!

 

Step by step:


1. Start with the bottom ingredients.In a large pot, melt the butter, sugar and cocoa together until it’s smooth. Quickly beat in the egg, making sure there are no lumps.

2. Add in the graham crumbs, coconut and walnuts.Firmly press into the bottom of an un-greased 9×9 pan.Get your middle ingredients together.Custard powder should readily be available in any store and is what gives the middle layer the yellow color.Cream the icing, butter, milk and custard powder together with a mixer, then spread onto the bottom layer.Melt the cup of chocolate chips and 2 tbsp of butter together.

3. Spread the chocolate on top evenly, then cool in the fridge for a couple hours. The nanaimo bars are best chilled, they hold together the best, since the middle layer is well, butter!


Nutrition Information:

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438k Calories
4g Protein
16g Total Fat
70g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
438k
22%

Fat
16g
25%

  Saturated Fat
10g
64%

Carbohydrates
70g
24%

  Sugar
54g
61%

Cholesterol
44mg
15%

Sodium
187mg
8%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
4g
8%

Manganese
0.23mg
11%

Fiber
2g
10%

Phosphorus
84mg
8%

Iron
1mg
8%

Vitamin B2
0.11mg
7%

Selenium
4µg
6%

Calcium
62mg
6%

Magnesium
21mg
5%

Zinc
0.67mg
4%

Copper
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin B1
0.06mg
4%

Vitamin B3
0.77mg
4%

Vitamin A
190IU
4%

Folate
13µg
3%

Potassium
113mg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.27mg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.13µg
2%

Vitamin D
0.25µg
2%

Vitamin E
0.19mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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