Author Notes: These Canadian treats are named after a town on Vancouver Island. Since Canada is my home and native land, I’ve been eating and making them for as long as I can remember. This is my favourite version, a modification of a recipe from Time-Honoured Recipes of the Canadian West. —Stephanie Bourgeois
Makes: a 9 x 9-inch pan
Ingredients
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1/2
cup butter
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5
tablespoons cocoa powder
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1/4
cup granulated sugar
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1
egg
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1
teaspoon vanilla extract
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2
cups graham cracker crumbs
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1
cup coconut
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5
tablespoons butter, softened
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3
tablespoons milk
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2 1/2
tablespoons custard powder
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2
cups icing sugar
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2
ounces semisweet chocolate
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2
ounces unsweetened chocolate
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1 1/2
tablespoons butter
Directions
- Place the 1/2 cup butter, sugar and cocoa in a bowl. Set bowl in pan of hot water. Stir until butter is melted. Add egg and vanilla extract. Mix in graham cracker crumbs and coconut. Pack into ungreased 9×9 pan. (If you are worried about the raw egg you can bake in a hot oven for a few minutes.)
- Combine the 5 tablespoons of butter, milk, custard powder and icing sugar. Mix until smooth spread over first mixture in pan. Chill until firm.
- Melt semisweet and unsweetened chocolate with the one tablespoon of butter and spread evenly over top. Chill until firm. Cut into bars to serve.