Daring Bakers: Graham Wafers & Nanaimo Bars

The January daring bakers challenge was such delicious one.  Nanaimo Bars, a Canadian classic, are seriously good eats and worth the calorie splurge. 

The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.

They are perfect for sharing.  I decided to make these when they could coincided with a "guys night" so Dan could take a large portion of them; after reading through the recipe there was no way I wanted to keep the whole batch for just the two of us, willpower is not my middle name!  They were apparently a hit, weeks later I was still receiving comments on how good these bars are.

But I do have one question- how are these different from Napolean Creams?  As I assembled the layers I started to notice the similarities and then after my first bite I realized that they taste exactly like a long-time Christmas treat for my family, Napolean Creams.  I did massive internet searching with little progress towards answering that question. 

I was excited to see that making graham crackers was part of the challenge; this was something on my list of things to try.  It is surprisingly very easy and that works well to my initiative to minimize the amounts of processed foods that we eat.  I am anxiously awaiting our July camping trip so that I can make homemade smores!  Hmmmmm...

So, in summary- Nanaimo Bars are awesome and everyone should make these.  My tip on making sure this challenge is a success - leave yourself plenty of time.  While the steps themselves are not too difficult, all the steps add up to surprising amount of time.  So to get the recipe head over to daring bakers.  And enjoy!

Comments

[holly p]

Those look delicious! I'm intrigued by the homemade graham crackers, that's one thing I never thought about making from scratch!