Heart-Shaped Spice Cookies Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

Heart-Shaped Spice Cookies Recipe | MyRecipes
Servings: 7
Snack

This Heart-Shaped Spice Cookies Recipe | MyRecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
These spice cookies are like a warm hug to celebrate this Valentine's Day.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.
  2. In a separate large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture, a little at a time, and beat until mixture forms a stiff yet pliable dough. Turn out onto a floured work surface and knead into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 2 hours.
  3. Preheat oven to 400 °F and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out cookies with a 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place cookies about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake until cookies are firm in center, about 10 minutes. Let cool on wire racks. Repeat with remaining dough.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.

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).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, this Heart-Shaped Spice Cookies Recipe | MyRecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.

Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Snack. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.

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