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Healthier Starbucks Bliss Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting ¦ Gluten Free 720p 24fps
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Jul 23, 2025
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I'm showing you how easily you can make
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my healthier gluten-free version of the
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famous Starbucks Bliss bar. They're
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naturally sweetened and made gluten-free
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with almond and oat flour. One of the
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secrets to making these bars so
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delicious is adding orange zest. So,
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just take an orange and use your zesting
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grater and go ahead and just zest the
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outside peel. And you want to just get
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the orange part. You don't want to go
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any deeper into the white part cuz
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that's where it becomes more bitter. And
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then you want to end up with about 1
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tbsp of orange zest. and it's going to
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start smelling really good in your
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kitchen. And then we can set this aside.
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To make our cookie dough, we want to
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first blend together our wet ingredients
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and our sweeteners. We're going to start
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with half a cup of cashew butter. And
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you could use almond butter instead. And
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this is going to make it rich and
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creamy, and it's a healthier substitute
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to butter. And then we'll add a4 a cup
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of maple syrup, four a cup of coconut
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sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract,
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and to ramp up the orange flavor, I'm
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going to add an 1/8 of a teaspoon of
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some orange extract. Now, this is quite
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strong, so you want to use it very
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sparingly. And our tablespoon of orange
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zest. And then I'll mix these on high
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until they're well combined.
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And now that it's really well mixed, we
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can go ahead and add in one egg. And
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then we'll mix just until that egg is
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incorporated. And now we can add our dry
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ingredients, which includes 1 cup of
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almond flour, a half a cup of oat flour,
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and then I have half a teaspoon of
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baking powder, half a teaspoon of
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cinnamon, half a teaspoon of ginger, and
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1/4 of a teaspoon of salt. We'll just
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dump those right on top. And then we'll
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mix these together till we have a really
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soft cookie dough. Now, we want to add
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a/4 a cup of our dried cranberries and
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1/4 a cup of white chocolate chips. And
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then we'll just barely mix these until
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they're incorporated.
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So, the final consistency will be
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similar to a slightly sticky cookie
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dough. And now we can spread the dough
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into our pan. So, I'm just going to use
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a spatula and dump it right into my pan.
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Now, it will be a little bit sticky. So,
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I'm just going to push my fingers in to
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hold my parchment paper in place. And
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then I'll push it out towards the edges.
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And having that parchment paper is going
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to make it so much easier for getting
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the bars in and out later. If you could
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description below, and that is the best
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way for us to stay connected. And now
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that the dough is all spread out in the
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pan, this can go into a 350° oven for
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about 12 to 14 minutes, or just until
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those edges are starting to turn a
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really light golden brown. So, here's a
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batch that I baked earlier. And as soon
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as the pan came out of the oven, I
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allowed it to rest on my counter until
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it was cool. And then I placed it into
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my fridge so that it could cool
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completely. You can see how easy it is
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to lift it right up and out of my pan
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using my parchment paper. Now, we want
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to make our cream cheese frosting. We're
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going to start with 8 oz of cream cheese
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or one block in a pan. And you want it
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to be room temperature. Then, I'm going
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to add half a teaspoon of vanilla and
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two pinches of salt. And then I'm going
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to mix this on high until it's nice and
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smooth.
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Now that the cream cheese is soft, I'll
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go ahead and add half a cup of organic
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powdered sugar. And you can use regular
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if you prefer. And then I'll mix this in
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until it's well combined.
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Next, we're going to melt down some
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white chocolate. Mix that in with the
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frosting. And then it's going to help it
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set just a little bit firmer on top of
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our bars. So, I've added a/4 a cup of
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white chocolate chips to a microwave
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safe bowl. And then I'm going to heat
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this up in the microwave in 20 second
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intervals, taking out to stir in between
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until it's nice and melted. So, after
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several 20-se secondond intervals, you
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can see that this white chocolate is
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nice and melted. So, I'm just going to
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mix it for a second here just to break
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down any of those little clumps of
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chocolate. Now, I'm going to pour almost
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all of it into my bowl of cream cheese
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frosting, but I'm going to leave about
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oh, a tablespoon of chocolate in the
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bowl to drizzle on top of the bars. And
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then I'll just mix in the white
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chocolate till it's nice and smooth.
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Well, now is a really good time to go in
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for a little pinky test.
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Just for quality control assurance.
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That's yummy. And now we can take our
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spatula and just spoon out our frosting
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and dump it right on top of our bars.
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And this will give you a very generous
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amount of frosting, which I am totally
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okay with. And now that we spread our
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frosting nice and even on top of the
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bars, we can go ahead and sprinkle on
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some more of our dried cranberries. And
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there's really no rhyme or reason to
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this, but you do want to break them up
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so that you don't have any big chunks of
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cranberries cuz that will make it a
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little more difficult for when you're
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chopping through your bars. The final
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step to getting that beautiful Starbucks
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Bliss Bar aesthetic is to drizzle on
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some white chocolate. So, I'm just going
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to take about the tablespoon of white
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chocolate still in my bowl. And then I'm
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going to add in a half a teaspoon of
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some coconut oil because I want to
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dilute that chocolate so it's a little
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bit thinner. And then I'll put this back
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in the microwave for about 15 seconds
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just to melt down the oil and the
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chocolate. So now I'm just going to mix
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this together till it's nice and smooth.
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And softening the chocolate with the
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coconut oil will keep it from cracking
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when you're cutting through your bars
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after it cools. And then we can simply
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drizzle it on top of the bars. It
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creates that beautiful striping across
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your dark cranberries. Now you want to
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put this into your fridge to allow the
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cream cheese and the chocolate to cool
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and set. If you're in a hurry, you can
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also put it into your freezer. Since I'm
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a little on the impatient side, I'm
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going to put it in my freezer. So I have
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here one of my cooled and cut bliss
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bars. And compared to the Starbucks
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Bliss Bar, I think it's a dead ringer.
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They both have that delicious thick
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cookie layer and then they get the thick
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layer of cream cheese frosting with the
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cranberries on top and the white
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chocolate drizzle. But the real question
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is, how does it taste?
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So good. That tastes incredible. As soon
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as you bite in, you get that delicious
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sweet cookie. And then you crunch into a
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white chocolate chip. And then you get
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that kind of sweet tartness coming from
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the cranberries. And then that cream
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cheese frosting just kind of fills in
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all around it. And then you get just a
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little bit of crunch coming from the
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white chocolate on top. Compared to the
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Starbucks Bliss Bar, I love the added
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depth of flavor that you get from the
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coconut sugar and the maple syrup, as
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well as from that oat flour and the
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almond flour, compared to the refined
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white sugar and flour that's in the
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Starbucks version. Now, of course, it is
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a treat and needs to be eaten in
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moderation, but at least you know you're
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eating something with clean, natural
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ingredients that leave me feeling just
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as good even after I eat it. Well, thank
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you so much for hanging out with me
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today in my kitchen. And I've included a
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link in the video description below to
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