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The first thing I think of when someone mentions St. Louis is The Gateway Arch, but the second would surely be the Gooey Butter Cake. A regional favorite with multiple stories surrounding its origin, the Gooey Butter Cake is a thin, dense, rich coffee cake invented by German bakers in South St. Louis. The original [...]
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These bars are a little over the top, but if you like the idea of Magic Cookie Bars combined with cheesecake, they’re worth a try. I was going for really tall Magic Cookie Bars, so rather than just pour on the Eagle Brand to hold all the chips together, I mixed it with cream cheese, [...]
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If you love peanut butter bars but have had bad experiences with ones that are too dry, try this recipe! As of today, it’s my favorite. These are dense, moist and fun to look at thanks to the scattering of Reese’s Minis and Reese’s Pieces on top. However, if you don’t want to deal with [...]
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The Easy Chocolate Caramel Bars were great, but I wanted to try a second version a little more like the Sheila’s Dream Bars we sometimes buy at Pot Belly Sandwich Shop. Those bars don’t contain oats, and I read somewhere that the caramel in the middle is the kind used for candy apples. There are [...]
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I couldn’t decide whether to call these “quick” or “easy” but settled on “easy” because even though you can throw these together in a matter of minutes (no mixer required!), they take a while to cool. These are bar cookies with a shortbread/oatmeal base surrounding a center layer of melted caramel filled Ghiradelli chocolate squares. [...]
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My grocery store recently moved the unprocessed wheat bran from the bulk section to the cereal aisle. The downside is it’s now in a box, so it costs a little more. The upside is that the box, which happens to be Hodgson Mill brand, has a bunch of good recipes on the back. This is [...]
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If you need a break from rich holiday foods but are still craving something sweet, this recipe should do the trick. It’s a chewy, bar cookie made with All-Bran cereal, whole wheat and white flour, chocolate chips and nuts. I found oy on the All-Bran website while searching for sweet & healthy snacks. The recipe [...]
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As Thanksgiving approaches, I’d like to give thanks for the caramel bits which have released us from the task of unwrapping individual candies. The task is tedious in and of itself, but what drives me crazy is how the wrappers always find their way to the floor, where a dog will inevitably be waiting, leading to the other [...]
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