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Spice cookies that are suitable for most diabetics

We diabetics enjoy the sweet, too! So here is a tasty spice cookie recipe that is suitable for most diabetics. You should be aware of what you can eat if you have been diabetic for a long period of time. These cookies Molasses Spice have some of them to eat accordingly. One or two after a meal should be fine. But do not sit to eat a dozen and a half before bedtime. Use common sense, or rather some common sense for diabetes. If you are newly diagnosed diabetics who still learning what your body and will not tolerate, try one or two cookies and see how their next blood sugar reading was affected. It's all trial and error to awhile.

SPICE COOKIES

6 tablespoons vegetable shortening

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup granular Splenda

1 / 4 cup egg substitute

1 / 4 cup molasses

2 cups flour use, sifted

3 / 4 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 / 2 teaspoon of ground cloves

In a large mixing bowl, combine shortening, butter, sugar substitute, egg substitute and molasses. Place flour and spices into a sieve to sift the flour and butter into the mixture. Stir to form dough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator until firm, about 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the dough from refrigerator pattern. For the dough, roll 1 heaping teaspoon at a time, in balls. Place balls on ungreased baking sheet and touch lightly with a fork, making a criss-cross as you would for peanut butter cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. These chewy cookies will be soft, but will be up as they cool. Cool on a wire rack.

Enjoy!

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