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Chess bars are a Southern treat typically made with a cake base topped with a rich cream cheese filling that’s very, very sweet. Here, I heavily reduce the sugar and replace the flour-based cake ...

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Instructions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place butter and sugar in bowl of electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on medium speed just until combined. With mixer on low, add vanilla.

Note: To blanch (peel) hazelnuts, roast them in a 350-degree oven in a single layer until you can smell them, 10 to 15 minutes. Rub the nuts, a handful at a time, in a towel until the peels fall off.

California Live's Laila Muhammad gets a baking lesson from Loren Castle, founder and CEO of Sweet Loren’s.