Caramel Apple Cupcakes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
- 1 3/4 cups plus 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces, room temperature, divided
- 3 2/3 cups sugar, divided
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup plain yogurt
- 2/3 cup apple butter
- 1 cup (about 1 medium-sized apple) apple, peeled and finely chopped (save the apple peel to make the candies)
- 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk, or heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup hard apple cider
- 4 wooden skewers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ยบ.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl.
- Beat 3/4 cup butter and 2/3 cup sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and yogurt until blended.
- Alternately fold in flour mixture and apple butter, beginning and ending with flour.
- Fold in the chopped apples.
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cupcakes bounce back when touched.
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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