Nanaimo Bars- Najad's Style!

I was in ultimate boredom when I was searching stuffs (well, more to
wasting time) in Facebook last Monday- poke sana sini, puji others' default picture, stalk orang..macam-macam la kan. Then I saw this one guy (oops!) 'likes' Instructables page. Never knew ada page yang tackle many simple instructions from handicraft  sampai la cooking stuffs! Just what I need for this holidays! (^_______^)v

So, disebabkan rumah aku ni bukan bakery house or whatever they call, many ingredients yang aku perlu make do. Check out this recipe, peeps:

Nanaimo Bar Recipe

Bottom Layer½ cup unsalted butter (European style cultured)
¼ cup sugar
5 tbsp. cocoa
1 egg beaten
1 ¼ cups graham wafer crumbs
½ c. finely chopped almonds
1 cup coconut

Melt first 3 ingredients in top of double boiler. Add egg and stir to cook and thicken. Remove from heat. Stir in crumbs, coconut, and nuts. Press firmly into an ungreased 8" x 8" pan.

Second Layer½ cup unsalted butter
2 Tbsp. and 2 Tsp. cream
2 Tbsp. vanilla custard powder
2 cups icing sugar

Cream butter, cream, custard powder, and icing sugar together well. Beat until light. Spread over bottom layer.

Third Layer4 squares semi-sweet chocolate (1 oz. each)
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter

Melt chocolate and butter overlow heat. Cool. Once cool, but still liquid, pour over second layer and chill in refrigerator.

For the bottom layer;Ingredients yang aku ganti are graham wafer crumbs (scientific gila bunyi) sebab susah nak cari (Gigi geraham aku tau la). So what I did is crushed some Abah punya biskut gula sampai dapat satu mangkuk. Any biskut (Marrie, biskut Tiger, or anything yang manis). Other than the crumbs, aku ganti coconut sebab aku confuse dengan santan (lantak la, first time buat ok!). So aku lebihkan chopped almonds supaya ada rasa crunchy untuk base. Basically, kalau nak ganti cocoa dengan Milo pun ok. Menurut firasat aku, akan jadik lebih sedap! =) Untuk double boiler, aku buat cenggini:

Cool x my double boiler? =)

And this is my crumbs a.k.a. biskut gula Abah yang tinggal separuh~

For the second layer;

Aku gantikan vanilla custard powder and the cream dengan peanut butter (macam yang di'suggest' kan dalam Instructables website. Anything creamy such as cream biskut oreo pun will do but..sapa nak korek biskut oreo satu?? Lastly, for icing sugar, aku blend gula biasa sampai halus mulus macam kulit Nayra. Aww~~

For the third layer (toppings);

X dapek den nak nolong. Semua ikut recipe..hehehe~ (^___^)v

Well, lepas dah follow all the instructions and makeshift ingredients macam kat atas, this are the results and some of the picture behind the making of Nanaimo Bars...enjoy~ =)

This is the second layer; spreading the mixture of peanut butter over the chocolaty crumbs..=)

My Nanaimo Bars, siap untuk dimakan! =)

Tambah air Sunquick..woaa..gemuk2~ =)

Hmm, lepas Mama balik dari office tadi, Mama kata something. Pretty sure she means something like, 'First step is always the hardest'. Indeed, Mama~ Esok Mama suruh aku buat kek batik untuk visit Maktok kat Subang. Beres!!! Hal kecik je kek batik tu Mama! Hehehhh~~ 

 

Ok, till then peeps! Sorry sebab writing yang kelam kabut sebab tengah rebut dengan Nayra nak tengok video Burung Kakak Tua.. Bubye!!!~~~