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    Bars & Brownies

    If you're looking for quick and easy, Bars and Brownies fit the bill.  Chocolate, of course, and much more can be found to speed your baking along.

    You don't want to miss these favorites:  Mocha Kahlua Brownies  - Quick and Easy Versatile Rugelach Bars - Hermit Bars with Lemon Glaze

    Top 10 Bars & Brownie Posts

    • Spice bars ready to eat surrounded by spices.
      Spice Bars
    • A cookie crust, peanut butter filling and chocolate topping make up the No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
      No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
    • Lemon bar for Updated Lemon Bars
      Updated Lemon Bars
    • Finished photo
      Pecan Bars
    • Cocoa Brownies
      Cocoa Brownies in No Time-or a Little Time!
    • Rugelach Bars are stacked on a decorative plate.
      Quick Easy Versatile Rugelach Bars
    • Bajadera - No Bake Cookie Bars are layered hazelnut bars topped with chocolate.
      Bajadera - A No Bake Cookie Bar
    • Hermit Bars
      Hermit Bars with Lemon Glaze
    • Mocha Kahlua Brownie
      Mocha Kahlua Brownies
    • Snickers Brownies
      Snickers Brownies

    Looking for a Specific Kind?

    • Bars
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    More Bars & Brownies to Enjoy!

    • A stack of Samoa Bars sits on a cream colored plate.
      Simple Samoa Cookie Bars
    • A Millionaires Shortbread bar sits on a white plate with a fork and a tray of bars behind it.
      Updating Millionaire's Shortbread
    • Multiple Mexican Chocolate Browines sit on a white lattice tray with more on a white cake stand with a glass of milk in an orange glass.
      Mexican Chocolate Brownies
    • Ready to eat Spritz bars piled up.
      Spritz Bars - Easier than The Cookies
    • A fudgy brownie on the bottom with a chocolate and butterscotch chip cookie on top.
      Brownie+Cookie=Easy Brookie Recipe
    • Skillet Brownies with vanilla ice cream on white and orange plates.
      Easy Skillet Turtle Brownies
    • Honey Diamond cookies
      Honey Diamonds - A cookie? A small cake?
    • S'mores Bars
      S'Mores Bars
    • Finished Hazelnut Crunch Bar
      Hazelnut Crunch Bars
    • Lightening Fast Brownies
      Quick Macadamia & White Chocolate Brownies
    • Santa Fe Brownies
      Santa Fe Brownies

    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

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    Thanksgiving

    • Cranberry Fresh Pineapple Relish
      Cranberry Fresh Pineapple Relish
    • A slice of the pumpkin tart finished with a lattice design and whipped cream sits on a white plate with an orange and green gourd behind it as well as the pumpkin tart itself
      (Almost) No Bake Pumpkin Tart
    • Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
      Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
    • Pumpkin Muffins on a cooling rack with a blue and yellow cloth and yellow smiley face tea cup,,
      Really Easy Pumpkin Muffins
    • Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust ready to eat.
      Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust
    • Pumpkin cake donuts on a plate with a cup of tea.
      Pumpkin Cake Donut Recipe

    Popular Recipes

    • This Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake features a pineapple slice with a cherry in the middle on top of a yellow cake sitting on a blue and white plate.
      Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
    • A plate of Cuccidati, fig and nut filled Italian Cookies sprinkled with multi-colored nonpariels.
      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
    • This picture shows a slice of the coffee cake on a white, lace edged plate on a marble counter.
      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
    • Langue de Chat cookies in a bowl.
      Langue de Chat
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      Perfectly Easy Angel Food Cake
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      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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