Apple Snickerdoodle Cobbler - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 7 cups peeled, medium-sliced Granny Smith apples (3 to 4 large or 6 to 7 small)
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 °F. Spray 9 1/2-inch deep-dish pie plate with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, gently toss Fruit Mixture ingredients until apple slices are coated. Pour evenly into pie plate.
- In small bowl, mix granulated sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Dip top of each cookie into sugar- cinnamon mixture; arrange on top of apple mixture.
- Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until Topping is golden brown. Cool slightly before serving.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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). Apples wi...
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