Cookie Recipes
Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars
Ingredients
Base
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup Rice Krispies cereal
- 1 cup corn flakes
Filling
- 1/4 cup soft butter
- 3 tablespoons vanilla custard powder
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- Few drops green food coloring (optional for Christmas color)
Topping
- 3 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet chocolate
- 3 tablespoons butter
Instructions
Base
- Combine sugar and corn syrup in sauce pan, heat until sugar dissolves.
- Add peanut butter, Rice Krispies, and corn flakes, mix well and press into an 8 inch square pan.
Filling
- Beat butter, vanilla custard, milk and confectioners' sugar.
- Spread over peanut butter base.
- Refrigerate.
Topping
- Melt chocolate and butter together over hot water, cool slightly and spread over custard.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours before cutting but take out of the refrigerator 10 minutes before slicing.
- Serve cool.