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    Bars & Squares Recipes

    These easy bar recipes make great snacks and weeknight desserts. Whether you want to make classic brownies with walnuts or tangy easy lemon bars. Don't forget to check out the toffee blondies and the white chocolate and raspberry blondies for something more fruity!

    Note that most bar recipes are baked in square metal pans, either an 8x8-inch pan or a 9x9-inch pan.

    • A serving plate with date bars cut into squares.
      Best Date Squares Recipe From Scratch
    • A stack of s'mores bars with a graham cracker cookie crust, milk chocolate filling, and toasted marshmallows on top.
      Easy S'mores Bars (Without A Campfire)
    • A plate of puffed rice and marshmallow treats cut into squares.
      Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats
    • A pink glass plate with lemon bars.
      Easy Lemon Bars
    • Nanaimo bars cut into squares and served on a marble surface.
      Nanaimo Bars
    • A platter of reversed Nanaimo bars with a chocolate custard filling and a white chocolate topping.
      Reversed Nanaimo Bars with White Chocolate
    • Apple crumble bar with oat topping on a plate.
      Apple Crisp Bars
    • Popcorn brittle brownies are chewy with a good brownie edge
      Chewy popcorn brittle brownies
    • Chocolate brownies topped with raspberries and white chocolate chunks, cut into squares and served on a black plate.
      Raspberry White Chocolate Brownies
    • Brownies with walnuts cut into squares on a marble surface.
      Brownies with Walnuts
    • A plate of peanut butter brownies with a napkin.
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies (Gluten-Free)
    • A square pan of raspberry white chocolate blondies freshly baked, ready to be sliced.
      White Chocolate and Raspberry Blondies
    • Wedges of blondie bars with chunks of chocolate on a cooling rack.
      Chewy Toffee Blondies with Skor
    • Mini Egg bars cut into squares and served on small plates with a glass of milk on the side and a bowl of Mini Eggs.
      Mini Eggs Blondies
    • Brownies decorated with Easter eggs cut into squares to serve.
      Easter Brownies With Mini Eggs
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    Bake With Pumpkin

    • Serving a slice of pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream.
      Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake
    • A yellow plate of baked pumpkin donuts coated in cinnamon sugar.
      Baked Pumpkin Donuts
    • Scoops of pumpkin ice cream in little bowls with pie crust cookies.
      Pumpkin ice cream
    • Serving pumpkin pie on black plates.
      Pumpkin Pie Without Evaporated Milk
    • A plate with a pumpkin muffin split open and smeared with butter, with a cup of coffee on the side.
      Pumpkin Muffins With Streusel Topping
    • Slices of pumpkin bread served on dessert plates with a cup of coffee.
      Perfect Pumpkin Loaf Cake

    Apple Season

    • Double crust apple pie loaded with apples.
      Maple Apple Pie
    • Slicing into an Italian apple cake to serve it.
      Old-Fashioned Apple Yogurt Cake
    • Apple jam served on a toasted English muffin
      Cinnamon Apple Jam (no pectin)
    • Apple crumb coffee cake ready to be served with cups of tea, plates and a serrated knife
      Apple Crumble Cake
    • An apple cake baked in a square baking pan.
      Apple Butter Cake with Brandy
    • Apple butter pie stencilled with icing sugar.
      Apple Butter Pie

    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!

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    How to poach pears

    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This easy poached pears recipe is simple and you can use the poached fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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