"i have been tagged as a walnut"

“A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobody does plant them nowadays—when you see a walnut it is almost invariably an old tree. If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren?”― George Orwell

i don't agree with george orwell about the grandchildren part but i do have a walnut issue...

my neighbors have a huge walnut tree.

it's quite beautiful in the summer and provides lots of shade in our backyard...

however, 

in the fall it drops oh so many walnuts on our yard...

i hate it...

sort of...

the last couple of years i have collected them instead of discarding them (along with a few choice bad words)

i have turned over a new leaf so to speak...

and they are yummy!

and i have oodles!!!

and here is what i made...

i used grandma j's recipe

 in the corner she added a little note that said 

"very good"

and they were!!!

 i did use the wrong pan though and they took longer to bake so make sure you use the right pan...

(i'm guessing that we would call these "blonde brownies")

matt loved them:)

bye...

more later...