Mom's Nanaimo Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 cups graham wafer crumbs
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 drop yellow food coloring
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 ounces baking chocolate squares
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 for bottom layer: whisk together egg, sugar, butter or margarine and vanilla.
• 2 stir in graham crumbs and coconut.
• 3 press into a 9x9 inch greased baking dish.
• 4 bake at 325 for 10 minutes.
• 5 cool crust completely.
• 6 while the crust is cooling prepare the filling by creaming all the ingredients together, adding drops of yellow food colouring to desired shade.
• 7 spread the filling evenly over your crust.
• 8 refrigerate until firm.
• 9 for the topping: melt the chocolate with the butter and spread over top of filling.
• 10 refrigerate.