Oatmeal-Cranberry Pancakes Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2.3 ounces brown rice flour (about 1/2 cup)
- 1.05 ounces tapioca flour (about 1/4 cup)
- 1.3 ounces potato starch (about 1/4 cup)
- 0.9 ounce flaxseed meal (about 1/4 cup)
- 2/3 cup certified gluten-free quick-cooking oats
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 5 teaspoons powdered sugar
Instructions
- Weigh or lightly spoon flours, potato starch, and flaxseed meal into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, potato starch, flaxseed meal, oats, and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk until blended. Add to flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Fold in cranberries.
- Heat a nonstick griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Pour 2 tablespoons batter per pancake onto pan; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries, Brown Rice.
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). Researche...
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