Christmas Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 2 cups graham wafer crumbs
• 1 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, whatever)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 layer one----------------------.
• 2 in a double boiler mix together the first 5 ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and cocoa) stir until slightly thickened.
• 3 add graham wafer crumbs, coconut and nuts.
• 4 grease a 9-inch square pan and press this first layer down so the base is evenly spread, let stand for 15 minutes.
• 5 layer two----------------------.
• 6 mix together the layer two ingredients and spread over layer one.
• 7 refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• 8 layer three----------------------.
• 9 melt chocolate over hot water.
• 10 very slowly and gently stir in the tbsp of butter until just blended.
• 11 spread over layer two.
• 12 refrigerate then cut into squares. that's it.