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    Bars

    Bars recipes from a professional baker — unleash your sweet side with decadent, crowd-pleasing dessert bars for all occasions.

    Try these Dessert Bar Recipes:

    • 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
    • Ready to eat Spritz bars piled up.
      Spritz Bars - Easier than The Cookies
    • Bajadera - No Bake Cookie Bars are layered hazelnut bars topped with chocolate.
      Bajadera - A No Bake Cookie Bar
    • Spice bars ready to eat surrounded by spices.
      Spice Bars
    • Rugelach Bars are stacked on a decorative plate.
      Quick Easy Versatile Rugelach Bars
    • Hermit Bars
      Hermit Bars with Lemon Glaze
    • Honey Diamond cookies
      Honey Diamonds - A cookie? A small cake?
    • A cookie crust, peanut butter filling and chocolate topping make up the No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
      No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
    • S'mores Bars
      S'Mores Bars
    • Lemon bar for Updated Lemon Bars
      Updated Lemon Bars
    • Finished Hazelnut Crunch Bar
      Hazelnut Crunch Bars
    • Finished photo
      Pecan Bars

    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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    Fall Favorites

    • A slice of the Cinnamon Whiskey Tart sits on a plate with a scoop of ice cream and caramel sauce.
      Cinnamon Whiskey Apple Tart
    • A slice of the pecan upside down cake sits on a white plate with a lace edge which sits o ntop of another orangish pate.
      Pecan Upside Down Cake
    • Traditional Apple Strudel
    • Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie slice on a plate with the pie plate in the background.
      Cinnamon Bun Apple Pie
    • An individual Gingerbread with Orange Sauce on a white plate with dots.
      Gingerbread with Orange Sauce
    • Pumpkin Dinner Rolls and Breakfast Rolls out of one recipe
      Pumpkin Dinner Rolls Two Ways

    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
    • A split double strawberry muffin showing its pink interior next to a streusel-topped muffin on a white scalloped plate with a fresh strawberry.
      The Only Muffin Recipes You'll Ever Need — All From a Bowl and a Whisk!
    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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