Nanaimo Bars Three Ways | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups graham crackers (crumbs - or digestive biscuits)
• 1 cup coconut (long-thread)
• ½ cup walnuts (or pecans, chopped - optional)
• ¼ cup softened butter
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 17½ fluid ounces confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee (dissolved in 2 tablespoons of hot water)
• 1 teaspoon coffee liqueur (optional)
• 2⅕ fluid ounces softened butter
• ½ teaspoon mint extract
• green food colouring (a few drops)
• 5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter