Grand Marnier Nanaimo Bars

Category: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

1 Egg beaten

1/3 c Cocoa powder; unsweetened

2 c Icing Sugar

1 tb Butter

1/4 c Grand Marnier or orange

1/4 c Sugar, granulated

1/2 c Pecans toasted, chopped

1/4 c Butter softened

4 oz Semisweet chocolate melted

2/3 c Butter

2 c Graham wafer crumbs

1 c Coconut, unsweetened flaked

1 tb Orange rind coarsely grated


Directions

In bowl, stir together crumbs, coconut and pecans. In small saucepan, gently heat butter, cocoa and sugar until butter melts. Remove from heat; whisk in egg. Blend into crumb mixture. Press into greased 9 inch square cake pan. Bake in 350F oven for 10 minutes. Let cool on rack. Grand Marnier Layer: In bowl, place half of icing sugar with butter, mix in half of the icing sugar with butter; mix in Grand Marnier, remaining icing sugar and orange rind. Spread over base. Chocolate Topping: Stir butter into chocolate until melted; spread evenly over Grand Marnier layer. Let cool for 20 minutes in refrigerator; cut into bars. (Bars can be covered, refrigerated up to 2 weeks, or frozen up to 2 months. Let soften slightly before serving. VARIATION: CLASSIC NANAIMO BARS Make base and Chocolate Topping as above. In layer, substitute milk for Grand Marnier; add 1/2 tsp vanilla. Substitute 2 tsp grated lemon rind for orange juice. ---

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