Snack: Sugar Cookie Dough

Simplify your holiday baking this season: With just one dough recipe, you can create dozens of distinctive cookies. During the holidays, a gift of cookies is always appreciated — and never returned! Artfully arrange a variety of freshly baked cookies in a

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Cinnamon

Health benefits of Sugar Cookie Dough

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

2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
3 egg yolks
2 tsp. vanilla extract
5 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground allspice

Instructions

Beat the butter, using a mixer on medium-high speed. Beat in the sugar, eggs, yolks, and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to medium-low and beat in the remaining ingredients. If tinting dough, add food coloring.
For chocolate dough, reduce flour to 4 1/2 cups and add 2/3 cup cocoa. For hand-formed cookies, transfer to an airtight container. For rolled and cut cookies, divide dough in half, form into 1-inch-thick slabs, and cover tightly with plastic wrap. For sliced cookies, use parchment paper to roll dough into logs.
Chill dough at least 2 hours. And chill formed cookies 20 minutes before baking at 350 degrees F on parchment-lined baking pans 10 to 15 minutes, depending on cookie size. For tinted-dough cookies, reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F and bake 12 to 18 minutes. Nutritional information is based on 1 two-inch round cookie.

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