How to Make Tasty Nanaimo Bars

Nanaimo Bars.

You can have Nanaimo Bars using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Nanaimo Bars

1. You need 1 Cup of Butter.
2. Prepare 1/4 Cup of Brown Sugar.
3. You need 3 Tablespoons of Cocoa.
4. Prepare 1 of Egg.
5. It's 2 Cups of Graham Cracker Crumbs.
6. You need 2 Cups of Sugar , Powdered.
7. Prepare 1/4 Cup of Fresh Cream.
8. You need 2 Tablespoons of Custard Powder.
9. You need 3 Ounces of Chocolate Chips.

Nanaimo Bars instructions

1. Start with the crust. Melt together the butter, brown sugar, and cocoa..
2. Beat the egg, and quickly whisk it into the hot chocolate mixture. You need to add the egg slowly and keep the whisk moving.This is important..
3. Make sure the chocolate mixture is removed from heat..
4. Otherwise you will get a huge mass of scrambled egg..
5. Mix in the graham crackers..
6. Press the crust into an 8×8 pan that has been lined with parchment..
7. Put the crust into the fridge to chill for a half hour..
8. Make the buttercream layer, but creaming together the powdered sugar, butter, and custard powder..
9. Add the cream slowly, and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Spread the cream layer evenly over the crust. Back in the fridge for another half hour or so..
10. Melt together the butter and chocolate (either a double boiler or microwave) and pour over the chilled cream layer..
11. Back in the fridge to set up..