ood} Pena Rs Anna Olson's Nanaimo Bars PREPTIME —TOTALTIME SERVES 20Min 30 Min 8 ‘Anna Olson Boke With Anno Olson ‘The orginal Nanaimo Bar was created by Joyce Hardcastle in 1985, wha creates the winning recipe by © contest hested by the mayor of Nanaimo Bish Columbia. Ithas now become a truly Canadian staple treat, Directions for: Anna Olson's Nanaimo Bars INGREDIENTS Crust ‘cup graham cracker crumbs 3 Thsp cocoa powder Ye tsp salt ‘cup sweetened flaked coconut ‘Ye cup walnut pieces 6 Thsp unsalted butter, malted ‘large egg, lightly beaten Filling ‘Yecup unsalted butter, ot room temperature 2 cups icing sugar, sited 2 Tbsp vonilla custard powder Pinch of soit 3 Tbsp mk ‘tsp vanilla extract Topping ‘oz semisweet chocolat, chopped 2 Tos unsalted buter ‘Sea salt, for sprinkling (optional)DIRECTIONS ——— Crust 1.Preheat the aven to 380 *F (180°C) Lightly grease an &-inch (20 em) square pan and tine it with parchment paper so thatt comes up the sides. 2. For the crust, combine the graham crumbs with the cocoa powder and sol, then, add the coconut & walnut pieces Stirin the melted butter and the egg and stir luni blended, Press this into the bottom af the prepared pan and bake for 12 minutes, Cool the crust completely before preparing the filing, Filling 1. 8y hang, beot the butter wit 1 cup (130g) of he iing sugar the custard powder and a pinch of salt unt smoath, Add the mik and vanileand best in don't worry it doesnt took smooth at tis point twill smooth out), and then beat inthe remeining 1 cup (130g) of icing sugar. Do nat overbeat — the filing should be smoath but not fuy. Spread this evenly over the cooled crust Topping 1. For the topping, matt the chocolate and butter ina metol bow placed over «pot of barely simmering water, string gently with c spatula unt melted, Coo the chocolate slighty and then pour this aver te filing, spreading to covert I you wish, sprinkle the top wit atte sea salt. Chl the pan for about 2 hours before slicing into bars. See more: Boke, Canada Day, Chocolate, Dessert httpstwww foodnetwork calrecipe/anna-olsons-nanaimo-bats/16560!