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Hi everybody, Hope you all had a lovely weekend, I had a good one making these gorgeous Nanaimo Bars for the Daring Baker's Challenge !!, The best of this challenge was I made them very early and ready to post!!, and the Graham wafers which I baked on Friday night was over by Saturday Night!!, so, just think how good this one was !!, If anybody has a sweet tooth they would love just like my family !! well, coming back to the recipe and its origin...........
This is the first Daring Baker's Challenge of 2010
Nanaimo Bars are a classic Canadian desert created in none other than Nanaimo, the British columbia pronounced as Nah-Nye-Moh (Nanaimo), so says our Host Lauren of Celiac Teen.
The January 2010 Daring Baker's Challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 cookbooks by Heidi swanson and city of Nanaimo
The Graham Wafer recipe Lauren has adapted it to gluten free, check 101 cookbooks for many more mouthwatering recipes, I love most of her baking and her write up to.
These bars have 3 layers a base containing Graham crackers, cocoa, coconut and nuts, a middle custard layer and a topping chocolate. Here are my Graham crackers and Nanaimo Bars.
GLUTEN FREE GRAHAM WAFERS AND NANAIMO BARS
- 1 cup (138g) Sweet rice flour (also known as Glutinous rice flour)
- 3/4 cup (100g) Tapioca Starch/Flour
- 1/2 cup (65g) Sorghum Flour
- 1 cup (200g) Dark Brown Sugar, Lightly packed
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 3/4 tsp Kosher salt
- 7 tbsp (100g) Unsalted Butter
- 1/3 cup honey, Mild-flavoured such as clover
- 5 tbsp whole milk
- 2 tbsp Pure Vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (115g) Unsalted Butter
- 1/4 cup (50g) Granulated Sugar
- 5 tbsp Unsweetned Cocoa
- 1 Large Egg, Beaten
- 1 & 1/4 cups (160g) Gluten Free Graham Wafer Crumbs (see previous recipe)
- 1/2 cup (55g) Almonds (finely chopped)
- 1 cup (130g) Coconut (shredded, sweetened or unsweetened)
Middle Layer
- 1/2 cup (115g) Unsalted Butter
- 2 tbsp and 2tsps Heavy cream
- 2 tbsps Vanilla Custard Powder
- 2 cups (254g) Icing Sugar
- 4 Ounces (115g) -Semi sweet chocolate
- 2 tbsps (28g) Unsalted Butter