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Caramel Apple Crumb Bars

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With a lightly spiced apple filling, these Caramel Apple Crumb Bars are the perfect dessert to celebrate the cooling weather, changing leaves, and the season of sweaters, apples, and corn mazes. Moist and tender with just the right hint of sweetness, these bars are both comforting and addictive. Despite the fact that it is still …

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Flourless Kinder Skillet Brownie

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Perfectly fudgy with a shiny, crackled top, this Flourless Kinder Skillet Brownie is just the thing to satisfy every chocolate craving. Super simple to throw together, this can be enjoyed still warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream and spoon, or cooled and sliced for an absolutely blissful bite. This brownie is …

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Compost Cookie Bars

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There’s something about throwing a bunch of your favorite snacks together into one cookie dough base that makes the resulting treat all the better. Inspired by Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookies, these bars take that idea and put it all into one pan to create squares for everyone–chewy and soft center pieces and edges with …

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Amaretto Olive Oil Cake

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If you love almond, then this Amaretto Olive Oil Cake is for you! Super quick and easy to throw together, this cake features amaretto, almond milk, almond flour, and toasted chopped almonds to really bring forward that nutty almond flavor. It’s essentially an almond lover’s dream. The thing that I love most about this cake, …

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Piña Colada Cupcakes

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Sweet and refreshing just like the blended island cocktail, these Piña Colada Cupcakes are incredibly moist and balanced that you’ll almost forget that you’re eating a cupcake and not sipping on a drink. Every once in a while, I make something that actually surprises me. As someone who isn’t a big fan of hot weather …

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espresso chocolate chunk skillet cookie - caramel - still warm

Espresso Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie

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The ever timeless pairing of coffee and chocolate come together in this supersized Espresso Chocolate Chunk Skillet Cookie. With a layer of whiskey caramel in the center (optional, but highly recommended–you can also always just use a layer of store-bought caramel sauce if you don’t want to make your own), this skillet cookie is impossible …

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Peach Bars

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Ripe peaches are pretty irresistible–juicy, sweet–they’re the perfect summer fruit. These Peach Bars take those ripe peaches, blend the flesh into a puree, and pair the sweet, fruity notes of a silky peach custard with a nutty walnut shortbread base that is incredibly tender and slightly crunchy thanks to pieces of toasted walnut folded throughout. …

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Banana Pudding Cream Puffs

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Banana pudding is one of those things that is simply irresistible. Nilla wafers are topped with a banana cream and slices of bananas to create a dessert that is absolutely addicting. Just take a look at New York’s Magnolia Bakery. The banana pudding is probably their number one seller and there are plenty of recipes …

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Bacon, Cheddar, and Thyme Scones

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Pastries, in particular breakfast pastries, don’t get much better than scones. They are easy to make, incredibly tender and buttery, and work perfectly with both sweet and savory flavors. These Bacon, Cheddar, and Thyme Scones are full of hickory smoked bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, and peppery thyme to create a buttery, flaky, savory breakfast companion …

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No Bake Cheesecake Parfaits with Stone Fruit Topping

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For those days when you want a decadent sounding dessert you can hold in your hand without having to actually turn the oven on, these No Bake Cheesecake Parfaits are there for you. Make these ahead so that there is proper time to chill and allow the cheesecake filling to set, top with a macerated …

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