My husband is the sweetest guy around. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.

He knows I’ve been working hard for the past 13 days to create a different dessert every day. He knows I’ve been sacrificing time I could be doing other things (like sleeping) so that I could research recipes, shop for the best ingredients and make the desserts so they could be photographed at the peek of freshness while there was the perfect amount of daylight coming in the kitchen window, allowing me to photograph them without artificial lighting.

He didnt know that I had only planned to do 13 treats. He thought I was going to make one for Valentines day as well.

So last night, while I watched American Idol (damn reality TV) and House, he told me not to come into the kitchen, because he was making something for me.

He decided he would make the last treat of this 14 day odyssey of sweetness. He had been planning to do this since day one of the sweet treats celebration.

He presented ineverbashfulwithbutter.comhttp://www.neverbashfulwithbutter.comt to me last night, having concocted his own recipe, made a batch, baked the batch and then set up the batch, plating it himself.

Here is what he made-

The best valentine EVER.

So today’s treat isnt so much about the treat itself. Its about the thought process behind its creation.

Thats right, it may sound cliche, but sometimes the sweetest treat of all, is the love we have for one another.

My husband might not be the best baker, he might not have the best piping technique, he might not realize that you use cookie cutters BEFORE you bake the cookies, not after. He might make a crazy cookie flavour like mint chip and coconut brown sugar cookies (which, oddly enough is completely DELICIOUS)

But he put a lot of thought into what he was doing. He made something from his heart and it was so special. So much better than anything he could have bought for me.

I’ll take a heart shaped cookie on a plate with sprinkles and handwritten love notes in royal icing ANYDAY.

Because I know he means it.

*smile*

I hope everyone out there is having as great a valentines day as I am. Even if you’re not with someone, just enjoy the day for what it is. A celebration of love. Even if you have to buy yourself a box of chocolates. Do it. Love yourself, love your friends, love your parents. Love whoever. Just love.

-A.

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