Daring Bakers – Nanaimo bars and homemade Graham Crackers!
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This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was courtesy of Lauren. A Canadian, she wanted to nod towards her heritage and show us this famed Canadian recipe. Lauren has Celiac disease and therefore can’t eat gluten, so the crackers are gluten-free. Luckily for those of us who couldn’t find the flours, or found them too costly, she gave an alternative for plain flour.
If you can get the gluten-free flours, I would have to recommend it because the feedback from those bakers who made both versions has been that the gluten-free was better!
We adored these honeyed graham crackers made with plain flour, so don’t hesitate to try them. They are so crisp, crunchy and well, just so tasty! Dunked into a mug of coffee… well, it not only knocked digestive biscuits into a cocked hat, it rendered them unconscious too.
The Nanaimo bars were nothing like what I expected. Incredibly rich, they only need to be cut into 1″ pieces. The bottom layer is almost brownie, even fudge-like. The middle layer is basically a buttercream – I would half the quantity next time.
So you cut your 1″ pieces.
Then you might find you repeatedly sneak back to the fridge for yet another 1″ piece. Just fab. Thanks Lauren!
Home-made graham wafers, turned into nanaimo bars – OK, so us Brits are not au fait with these. Trust me. You’re going to want to make these.
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