Snack: French Toast Pecan Cookies

Recipe by Dan Quigley These cookies will get compliments!

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health benefits of French Toast Pecan Cookies

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 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum-flavored extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
12 pecan halves (optional)
1 pinch coarse salt, or to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and baking soda together in a bowl, breaking up any large lumps of brown sugar. Stir butter, egg, vanilla extract, and rum-flavored extract into flour mixture until dough forms; add chopped pecans and mix until well blended. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Press a pecan half on top of each ball.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 9 to 11 minutes. Sprinkle salt onto each cookie and gently press each with the back of a spatula to set the salt.

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