March Cookie of the Month: Honey Walnut

Wilson’s Fine Wisconsin Honey, to be featured in our March Cookie of the Month.

March calls for something warm and golden from the oven.

This month’s cookie pairs the deep, complex sweetness of honey with rich Wisconsin butter and the bittersweet crunch of toasted walnuts. They’re cozy, nutty, and just sweet enough. The kind of cookie that feels right with a cup of cocoa while winter slowly loosens its grip.

I chose this recipe because I recently picked up honey from a high school classmate’s business, Wilson’s Honey Farm, and couldn’t wait to bake with it. Their honeycomb was just named Overall Best in Show at the North American Honeybee Expo, out of 1,200 entries.

Even better? It’s practically next door.

You can find their honey at Dam Paradise in Indianford, making this the closest to home we’ve ever sourced an ingredient.

And it’s not the only local star.

These cookies also feature flour from Meadowlark Community Mill , butter from Weyauwega Star Dairy, and handcrafted vanilla from Cathy’s Pure Vanilla Extract. Altogether, Wisconsin ingredients account for 90% of the cost of every batch.

That commitment to local sourcing is what makes Twelve Moons Baking cookies Something Special from Wisconsin.

Baking with honey always makes me smile for another reason, too. My grandfather designed the classic honey bear bottle for a plastics company, and I still keep a little collection of empty bears above my kitchen cabinets. As these cookies bake, I’ll be thinking of him.

March orders ship or deliver March 16. Choose your moon phase:

• Quarter Moon sampler (5–6 cookies)

• Half Moon box (about a dozen)

• Full Moon box (about 18)

Subscriptions receive 20% off, and orders placed by March 15 make the first shipment.

If you’re craving something homemade and close to the land, I’d love to bake a box for you. Treat yourself, or someone you love, to a little honeyed sweetness to welcome spring.

Honey Walnut Cookies