Title: The Super Ultimate Nanaimo Bar Recipe
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 1 Servings

1/2	c	Unsalted butter
1/4	c	Sugar
2		1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1		Egg, beaten
1 3/4	c	Petits Buerre (butter cookie) crumbs
1/2	c	Chopped, blanched, toasted, almonds
1	c	Flaked coconut
2	ts	Pure vanilla extract
1/4	ts	Almond extract Second Layer:
2/3	c	Granulated sugar
4		Egg yolks
1/2	c	Boiling milk
1/2	lb	Softened unsalted butter (more if needed)
2		To 3 T. kirsch, rum, Morange liqueur or strong coffee OR 1 T
2		1-ounce squares semisweek chocolate
2	tb	Rum or coffee
6	tb	Unsalted butter.

For bottom layer: Melt butter, sugar and chocolate in the top of a double boiler, or in a heavy saucepan. Add egg and stir to cook and thiken. Remove from heat. Stir in cookie crumbs, coconut, almonds, vanilla and almond extracts. Press firmly into an ungreased 8"x8" pan. Chill.

For second layer: gradually beat the sugar into the egg yolks until mixture is thick, pale yellow and forms a ribbon. Then beat in the boiling milk by droplets. Pour mixture into a saucepan and stir over medium heat until the mixture thickens enought to coat a spoon with a light cream. Set the saucepan in cold water and beat until the custard has colled to barely tepid. Beat the softened butter into the custard by spoonfuls. Beat in the flavoring. If cream looks grainy or has a tendency to curdle, beat in more softened butter by tablespoons until the cream is smooth, thick, homogenous, and very light and fluffy. Spread on bottom layer and chill thoroughly.

For third layer: Stir the chocolate and rum or coffee in a saucepan over hot water until chocolate has melted into a very smooth cream. Remove saucepan from hot water and beat the butter into the chocolate, a tablespoon at a time. When chocolate is cool but still spreadable, spread over the well-chilled second layer; chill.

These bars must be kept cool or they will get soft and very messy.

Yield about 2 dozen bars. From: Jason Brooks Date: 10-01-95

From: Helen Peagram Date: 03-01-98 (11:48) The Once And Future Legend (12) Intercook

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