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Quick comfort food: Spaghetti all'Amatriciana & chocolate peanut butter bars

Comfort food doesn't have to take a lot of time. Quick spaghetti with rich sauce and easy chocolatey peanut butter bars are ready in a snap.

March 13, 2017, 8:25 PM UTC / Source: TODAY

By Lucinda Scala Quinn

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Cookbook author and food writer Lucinda Scala Quinn shows us how to make comfort food fast. Her easy spaghetti has a rich, homemade sauce that comes together quickly and her no-bake crispy, chocolaty, peanut buttery dessert squares are made entirely on the stove top.

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