Nana's Apple Crisp - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 6 tart apples - peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, divided
- 1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place apples in a 9x13 inch baking dish. In a bowl, mix melted butter, flour, sugar, oats, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon to form a crumbly mixture. Sprinkle over apples. Dot with remaining 1/4 cup butter, and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
- Bake 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned and apples are tender.
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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