Classic Nanaimo Bars
The pride of Nanaimo, B.C., these bars have a crumb base layered with a creamy custard filling and a chocolaty topping. Best served at room temperature, the bars keep well refrigerated or frozen.
The pride of Nanaimo, B.C., these bars have a crumb base layered with a creamy custard filling and a chocolaty topping. Best served at room temperature, the bars keep well refrigerated or frozen.
Perfect by themselves or as dessert with a scoop of ice cream, these are best the day they are made.
Known as Massa Sovada, this bread is delicious served plain and wonderful with any spread.
Sweet-tart cranberries are cooked with a hint of orange to make an easy jam-like filling, then sandwiched between layers of crisp almond pastry. Freshly ground almonds are crunchier than the storebought ground variety, so whirl whole nuts in a food processor for the ultimate nutty crust.
Cranberry Lemon Squares are made possible by foraging in the wild for the signature ingredient. For Southerners, this recipe also works very well with cultivated cranberries, quartered so they are the same size as the tiny ones so well hidden somewhere outside Yellowknife.
Nanaimo bars are one of the most popular treats from the kitchen – even though they're not baked. In this version, food writer Carol Ferguson gives them a twist by layering dark between light colours, thus reversing the classic colour scheme.
Inspired by praline from New Orleans, this fudge isn't timid with the bourbon, which balances its sweetness.
Vanilla wafer cookies, raspberry filling and white chocolate lighten up the traditional colour – and flavour – of the classic Nanaimo bar.
Carried in their baking pan or packed in a cookie tin, these fruity oat bars make a welcome dessert. Golden Delicious or Crispin apples are perfect for this spin on Grandma's favourite pie.
Crisp on the outside yet soft, chewy and marshmallowy on the inside, this chocolate meringue bowl makes a pretty container for the strawberries.
