14 days of Valentine: Cookie Love

Since love is for lovers and sleep has long since abandoned me....I laid awake last night thinking of something  fun I could do for the man sleeping next to me. When I came up with the idea of doing 14 days of Valentines. Because making cookies at 7:30 in the morning is always a good decision :) I started out with a little cookie love....I am pretty sure my motives for this particular  valentine were completely selfish....I have yet to regret it ;)

I poured the cookies in heart shaped cookie cutters and then refrigerated until firm. I then cut out little hearts with an old card that narrowly escaped being thrown away and wrote on each heart  "I loved you more than"...and listed every ingredient in no bake cookies and then ended it with "more than anything." 1-2-3 awww 

No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

recipe via

1/2 cup butter
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups quick-cooking oats

Line a baking sheet or smooth surface with wax paper, set aside. Cut butter into small pieces and place in large saucepan with sugar, milk, and cocoa powder. Bring ingredients to a rolling boil while stirring continuously. Boil for one minute and remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla till throughly blended. Add in quick oats and drop by teaspoon-full onto waxed paper. Let cool until hardened. 

To make shaped cookies, spray cookie cutters with non-stick cooking spray and set on waxed paper. Drop cookie mixture into cookie cutter, ensure the mixture fills in all the gaps. Let cool until hardened and gently remove cookie cutter.