Name: Heart Shaped Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned whole rolled oats; 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

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Here’s a fun and super cute idea for Valentine’s Day; Heart Shaped Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies hanging off a tall glass of milk! They pair so perfectly with milk too (be it dairy free or not)!

These cookies are packed with oats and are bursting with rich chocolate in every bite! Here I’ve turned the classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookie into something a little sweeter with heart shapes. All you need to do is to bake the cookie dough in one giant piece and using a cookie cutter, cut heart shapes out while dough is still warm.

Let’s get right to it…

As cute as they are, there are a few tricks you need to know. I lost some broken hearts in that glass of milk! Mind you, they tasted even better once I fished them from the bottom of the glass, soaked in milk!

How to Make a Hanging Cookie

Use a sharp pointy paring knife.
Bake cookies a little longer than you normally would. If the oatmeal cookies are too soft they will split apart while on the rim.
Cut slits when the cookies are still a little warm. Once the cookies have cooled it will be more difficult to cut small slits.
Cut slits slowly, if you go too fast the cookies will break in half.
Wait until cookies have completely cooled to hang on glass rims.
It’s best to use mini chocolate chips so you can easily cut through your cookies.

Variations

You can don’t have to use the entire dough just for mini hearts hanging off your glass rim. And if you are, you might want to bake them in batches so you have time to cut out the heart shapes and cut slits before the cookie cools down on you.

Cut out a variety of heart shapes, large and small.
Use half the cookie dough for hearts and bake the other half like regular cookies.
Bake one giant heart cookie. Just shape by hand on your baking sheet and bake as instructed below.
Bake regular oatmeal chocolate chip cookies; adjust baking time to 8 – 10 minutes.

What about those cookie scraps for cutting out hearts?

Don’t throw out all those cookie scraps! Once you cut out all of your hearts you’ll be left with a ton of weird shaped cookie scraps. You could just eat them or even better you could make ice cream sundaes with them! Get a bowl of ice cream, heat up some oatmeal chocolate chip cookie scraps and pile them on top. Add chocolate sauce, sprinkles or whatever your heart desires!

You could also serve larger heart shaped cookies with a scoop of ice cream! There’s lots of options to spruce up a simple cookie, you just need to get a little creative!

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Happy Baking, I hope you have fun making these cute heart shaped oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for your loved ones this Valentine’s Day.