{"id":108827,"date":"2025-02-25T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/baking-category-a-b\/nanaimo-bars-the-most-requested-confection\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:17:14","slug":"nanaimo-bars-the-most-requested-confection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=108827","title":{"rendered":"NANAIMO BARS-The Most Requested Confection!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Decadent Confection <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

When my husband and I visited beautiful Vancouver a few years ago- we missed<\/span><\/p>\n

learning about a Nanaimo Bar!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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ERR\u2014A <\/span>confection<\/span> famous in British Columbia- <\/span>not<\/span> a social destination! <\/span>😊<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you taste one–you need at least one more-<\/span>so rich and accompanied by hot tea or coffee-<\/span>a perfect way to start your day-<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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pumping up chocolate induced endorphins or <\/span>whatever is supposed to happen (in an effective way) when you eat dark chocolate!<\/span><\/p>\n

(Of course, eat a nutritious breakfast first!)\u00a0<\/span>I learned about these delicacies from an article in the Daily Bruin, a magazine\u00a0from UCLA that my husband brought home.<\/span><\/p>\n

The article was written by Isabella Ray, I am guessing a relocated student,\u00a0<\/span>who shared that the three-layer bars \u2013comfort food from her childhood-originated in Nanaimo, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n

For me, the fact that there is no baking involved<\/b> proved intriguing so I had to\u00a0<\/span>prepare them.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was also motivated to make these bars to serve to the current\u00a0<\/span>CTE Cake Decoration students- and they were an immediate hit\u2014several students took home extras- and no wonder as\u00a0<\/span>the combination of almonds, coconut, and chocolate, in various forms, combined\u00a0with a creamy filling proved irresistible. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then in a surge of reorganization,\u00a0<\/span>I filed my notes SOMEWHERE !<\/p>\n

Does that ever happen to you?? <\/span><\/p>\n

You develop a new system and reason to organize and then you can\u2019t find something!<\/span><\/p>\n

Human I guess. But I digress!<\/span><\/p>\n

One of my CTE students, Claire, kept requesting that I make them again!<\/span><\/p>\n

Always wanting to take care of my students\u2019 wishes<\/span><\/p>\n

I was forced to figure out where or how I had filed my notes!<\/span><\/p>\n

After some false starts, I did! <\/span><\/p>\n

UNDER BLOGS-<\/span><\/p>\n

Which made sense since I had wanted to share them EVENTUALLY! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

Finding my notes was crucial\u00a0<\/span>because as a teacher and baker,\u00a0when I had prepared the confections,<\/span><\/p>\n

I had converted the volumes listed in the original recipe to weights using OXO <\/b><\/a><\/span>digital scale<\/b><\/a> and my standardized measuring spoons<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHY YOU MAY ASK?<\/span><\/p>\n

I want everyone to be able to reproduce my results-which proved to be very\u00a0<\/span>successful as the repeated requests indicate!<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a professional baker, you know that volume measurements are not dependable!<\/span><\/p>\n

One person\u2019s cup may not be another!<\/span><\/p>\n

AND let\u2019s say that you wanted to price them<\/span><\/p>\n

How to price \u201ca cup of whatever.\u201d <\/span>😊<\/span><\/p>\n

I WANTED TO MAKE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH AS WELL.<\/span><\/p>\n

I did not want to use boxed vanilla pudding mix as a substitute for the<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cvanilla custard powder\u201d common in Canada but not here in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

I did search online for a handmade version to adapt.<\/span><\/p>\n

I converted the volumes and modified the vanilla source <\/span><\/p>\n

using vanilla bean paste instead of a scraped vanilla bean. <\/span><\/p>\n

(One vanilla bean may be fatter and juicier than another!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Vanilla bean paste<\/b> is so easy to use and a dependable unit when measured.<\/span><\/p>\n

I use Taylor and Colledge Organic Vanilla Bean Paste with Seeds<\/b>. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

THE RESULT: A YIELD OF 64 one-inch delectable Nanaimo Bars-<\/span><\/p>\n

ENJOY!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Let\u2019s Begin<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Equipment used and special ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n