Snack: Sand Dollar Cookies Recipe

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health and fertility benefits of Sand Dollar Cookies Recipe

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups butter, softened
2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons almond extract
2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
Slivered almonds and cinnamon-sugar

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. Combine the flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll.
Preheat oven to 325 °. Roll each portion of dough between waxed paper to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 3-1/2-in. round cookie cutter dipped in flour. Using a floured spatula, place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Brush with egg. Decorate with almonds to resemble sand dollars and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
Bake 12-16 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

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