Gluten Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars for Daring Bakers's Challenge January 2010

Hi everybody, Hope you all had a lovely weekend, I had a good one making these gorgeous Nanaimo Bars for the Daring Baker's Challenge !!, The best of this challenge was I made them very early and ready to post!!, and the Graham wafers which I baked on Friday night was over by Saturday Night!!, so, just think how good this one was !!, If anybody has a sweet tooth they would love just like my family !! well, coming back to the recipe and its origin...........
This is the first Daring Baker's Challenge of 2010
Nanaimo Bars are a classic Canadian desert created in none other than Nanaimo, the British columbia pronounced as Nah-Nye-Moh (Nanaimo), so says our Host Lauren of Celiac Teen.
The January 2010 Daring Baker's 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 by Heidi swanson and city of Nanaimo
The Graham Wafer recipe Lauren has adapted it to gluten free, check 101 cookbooks for many more mouthwatering recipes, I love most of her baking and her write up to.
These bars have 3 layers a base containing Graham crackers, cocoa, coconut and nuts, a middle custard layer and a topping chocolate. Here are my Graham crackers and Nanaimo Bars.

GLUTEN FREE GRAHAM WAFERS AND NANAIMO BARS

Ingredients for the Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars I will give them here but for a details on how to make them visit here

For Gluten Free Graham Wafers

1 cup (138g) Sweet rice flour (also known as Glutinous rice flour)
3/4 cup (100g) Tapioca Starch/Flour
1/2 cup (65g) Sorghum Flour
1 cup (200g) Dark Brown Sugar, Lightly packed
1 tsp Baking soda
3/4 tsp Kosher salt
7 tbsp (100g) Unsalted Butter
1/3 cup honey, Mild-flavoured such as clover
5 tbsp whole milk
2 tbsp Pure Vanilla extract

NANAIMO BARS

Bottom Layer

1/2 cup (115g) Unsalted Butter
1/4 cup (50g) Granulated Sugar
5 tbsp Unsweetned Cocoa
1 Large Egg, Beaten
1 & 1/4 cups (160g) Gluten Free Graham Wafer Crumbs (see previous recipe)
1/2 cup (55g) Almonds (finely chopped)
1 cup (130g) Coconut (shredded, sweetened or unsweetened)

Middle Layer

1/2 cup (115g) Unsalted Butter
2 tbsp and 2tsps Heavy cream
2 tbsps Vanilla Custard Powder
2 cups (254g) Icing Sugar

Bottom Layer

4 Ounces (115g) -Semi sweet chocolate
2 tbsps (28g) Unsalted Butter

My Verdict: Graham Wafers were so easy to bake they just came out within 20-25 minutes and I think I got around 35 to 40 of them, The two things I changed to the original recipe was I did not use egg as mentioned but I used 1 tablespoon of Flax seed and Goji Berries milled (powdered) to substitute the egg with 3 tbsp of warm water, and the other thing I used was a fist ful of Pistachios grounded with the custard powder gave it a nice taste (as I love Pistachios), I did not make thick Bars but slightly thinner in size!!

Last but not least the Graham Wafers were a big hit with my kids I baked them on Friday night and saturday night it was all gone, I had to hide 2 of them for my husband to taste as it was who gave me a great encouragement in making these, as he took me to the Asian shop and reminded me to buy the flours!! and when he tasted them when he was back home on sunday and said they were really nice and asked for more!!, I had to tell him that it was just gone.

Thanks Lauren for this beautiful recipe for the year to start with.............

One last look at my lovely Nanaimo Bars, do try them, and never forget to look into the other Daring Bakers and their lovely creations

Comments

jayasri

February 01, 2010 at 8:29 am

Hi, rachel, thanks for the lovely comments
Hi, Audax, you looked into my baking, you are so sweet, thank you!!, yes, my family loved the Graham crackers the most, it was just gone!!, need to bake them again soon.
Hi ramya, thanks dear, yes they were very nice you must try.
Hi jill, thanks for visiting me, I use these flax seed and goji berry powder to most of my muffins to replace eggs, they have been turning out quite well, But your bars are out of the world!!, you are a professional. thanks for your lovely comments.

Jill @ Jillicious Discoveries

January 29, 2010 at 10:15 pm

I love your idea of adding pistacios and flax seed--that sounds delicious! Both your bars and crackers look great! 🙂

Ramya Vijaykumar

January 28, 2010 at 3:37 pm

Your Nanaimo bars look thin and fabulous... Love the way the graham crackers have come out, perfect shape!!!

Audax

January 28, 2010 at 5:41 am

WOW that is one goregous looking slice and the crackers look so delicious and crisp and great that they went down so well with the hubby and the family. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.

Rachel

January 28, 2010 at 2:38 am

Great job with the challenge

jayasri

January 27, 2010 at 4:13 pm

Hi all, that was very quick, am I happy baking those or having all of you leaving such lovely comments!!, I am so blessed to have such lovely friends like you all, thank you dears.., that is such an encouragement, if only I could bake for you all !!, much obliged, thank you once again.

Tina

January 27, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Yummy and delicious bar..

Asha

January 27, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Looks delicious, bars are yum.

lata raja

January 27, 2010 at 11:47 am

The bars look very enticing! just going over each post with these and am wondering how beautiful they all look.

Priya

January 27, 2010 at 9:16 am

Gorgeous nanaimo bars Jaya..great work dear..

Jyoti

January 27, 2010 at 9:14 am

Lovely! mouthwatering!

Cheers

Jyoti

s

January 27, 2010 at 8:01 am

Very nice...Delightful truly decadent!

shanthi

January 27, 2010 at 7:31 am

This has come out very well and perfect for the event

Parita

January 27, 2010 at 6:14 am

Very well done my dear, your nanaimo bars look fantastic!

kitchen queen

January 27, 2010 at 4:46 am

Healthy wafers and bars with a nice click.

jayasree

January 27, 2010 at 4:46 am

both wafers and bars have come out well. Loved the layers in the bar.

Ms.Chitchat

January 27, 2010 at 4:18 am

Wow, that was too professional baking. Looks superb. Clicks are too tempting which makes me want to grab some from the bowl :):)

Chitchat
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