Categories: Desserts, Canadian, Usenet 
      Yield: 20 bars 
  
-----------------------------------CRUST----------------------------------- 
    1/2 c  Butter 
    1/4 c  Sugar, granulated 
      5 T  Cocoa 
      1    Egg 
      1 t  Vanilla 
  1 2/3 c  Graham wafer crumbs, fine 
      1 c  Coconut, desiccated 
    1/2 c  Walnuts, chopped 
 
-------------------------------CREAMY CENTER------------------------------- 
    1/4 c  Butter 
      2 c  Icing sugar, sifted 
      1    Egg 
 
-----------------------------CHOCOLATE TOPPING----------------------------- 
      4 oz Chocolate, semi-sweet 
      1 T  Butter 
  
  MAKE CRUST:  Grease a 9-inch square cake pan.  In a sauce pan combine the 
  butter, sugar, cocoa, egg and vanilla.  Cook over medium heat stirring 
  constantly, until smooth and slightly thickened.  Stir in the remaining 
  crust ingredients and press into prepared pan. 
   
  Make the creamy center:  cream the butter and gradually beat in icing sugar 
  and egg.  Spread over crumb mixture and chill for about 15 minutes. 
   
  Make the chocolate topping:  melt the chocolate and butter together over 
  hot water or in a microwave, being careful not to burn. Spread on top of 
  the previous parts. Chill until set. Cut into squares with a sharp knife. 
   
  NOTES: 
   
  *  No-bake, 3-layer (chocolate covered) bars -- Nanaimo bars are a 
  traditional Canadian dessert, though nobody is certain where the tradition 
  came from. Laura Secord is a Canadian candy company; their cook book says 
  this about the origin of these fattening delicacies: 
   
  "A version of these no-bake bars developed in the Canadian kitchens of a 
  well-known food company, was christened by them Nanaimo bars after the city 
  of that name on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo (from sne-ny-mo, a local Indian 
  term for a loose confederation of five bands) started as a Hudson Bay 
  Trading Post in 1849." 
   
  : Difficulty:  Easy. 
  : Time:  1 hour preparation, several hours chilling. 
  : Precision:  Approximate measurement OK. 
   
  : Steven Sutphen 
  : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 
  : Steve@alberta.uucp 
   
  : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust