Pioneer Woman at Heart

The bad news? This is the last of the tomatoes that I picked the other day. The good news? 

A few months ago, Hubby and I were gifted with a few bags of homegrown, local, English Walnuts.  We cracked them all, and froze them.  I decided to make a butter spread with them. Although I still have a bit of congestion and cough, I got up early and made the family French Toast for breakfast.  The butter is now "kid" tested, and approved.  I'm looking for more ways to sneak the nutrition of walnuts into our diet.   A few years ago, I gifted my family Cinnamon Honey Butter , and it won over well.  This butter is another healthy, homemade gift idea. Here is the recipe:

I bake when I am stressed.  However, th ere is a leve l of stress, that I should remember to never a ttemp t baking .  I baked a batch of Walnut Co c o nut Cookies , but accidently doubled the butter. After I realized that, I realized I only had 3 eggs in th e house.  I sent my 16 year-old out for one from the coop, and luckily she brought one it. While she was out there, her younge st fema le goat (Pri m) came up be hind her.  S ome how she got out of the fence again.  Lucky for her she discovered it . ...back to the cookies.  I had preheated the ove n at 400°F, but read over the recipe for the u mp -teenth time, a nd realized that I needed the oven on 350°F.   W ith my mistake of doubling, and by the way was on ly baking to use up some homemade goat's milk ricotta (in place of sour cream in this recipe), I was able to double the amount of ric ot ta too. By the way , the last time I baked these cookies , I used sugar in place of honey....