I love a personalized Valentine. So many things come home from the school Valentine’s Day party, but the personal ones really stand out. How could you not want to be his Valentine with his adorable little face on a bag full of homemade cookies?
My 6 year old absolutely loved seeing his picture on these labels and even more than that, putting them on his goodie bags by himself. As a mom, I want to give my kids a special holiday but I don’t want it to be a ton of work. These labels are simple, adorable, and most importantly – all of my kids loved them.
Clay and I made a double batch of our family’s favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and added some valentine colored M&Ms to make them colorful and festive. He packed the bags all by himself and added the labels. And they were perfectly imperfect.
These oatmeal cookies are one of our favorites. They are very easy to customize. You could add nuts, different kinds of chocolate chips, cranberries, whatever you like, just make it a total 3 cups of add-ins. These also freeze very well so you could bake them when you have some time and pack them the night before your Valentine’s party.
VALENTINE OATMEAL CHIP COOKIES
½ cup butter, room temperature 2 cups brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups milk chocolate chips 1 ½ cups Valentine M&Ms
Preheat oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
Slowly add flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and M&Ms.
Drop cookies by the tablespoonful onto a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes on baking sheet and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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