If you have a heart-shaped muffin pan (mini cake pan), it’s easy to turn out heart-shaped brownies. And if you don’t, no problem: Turn a pan of brownies into a Valentine treat with your heart-shaped cookie cutters.

1. BAKE your favorite brownie recipe and cut into heart shapes. If you are using a small, shallow cookie cutter, you may wish to divide the batter into two pans, so the cutter will get through these “shorter” brownies.

2. SERVE plain, like cookies, or with ice cream (try strawberry!) or whipped cream.

3. FREEZE all the leftover brownie scraps and use them for ice cream, vanilla yogurt, pudding, etc.