Cranberry Almond Breakfast Cookies - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups apple sauce
- 1/2 cup hulled sunflower seeds
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 2 tsps cinnamon powder
- 2 tsps ground ginger
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsps vanilla
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 3/4 cup whole almonds
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 cups oats
Instructions
- Combine whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger. Stir well and set aside.
- Place eggs, vegetable oil, unsweetened apple sauce, and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat together well.
- Add orange zest, vanilla, oats, chopped almonds, and sunflower seeds and stir until well combined.
- Add flour mixture and stir until just combined; don't over-mix.
- Using a 1/4 cup of cookie dough at a time (or use a 1/4 cup ice cream scooper for ease) for each cookie, place rounded spoons of dough on a prepared cookie sheet. Press them down slightly with a fork to flatten.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet before removing onto a cooling rack.
- Note: you can replace the cranberries with chocolate chips if you prefer as well as walnuts for the almonds. In addition, instead of 2 large eggs, save some calories and use 5 egg whites instead.
How This Recipe Supports PCOS Management
Understanding the nutritional profile of what you eat is a powerful step in managing PCOS. Here is how the key ingredients in this Cranberry Almond Breakfast Cookies contribute to your health goals:
- Egg: Contain choline which supports liver function and hormone metabolism
- Oat: Supports steady blood sugar release, reducing insulin resistance
- Almond: Magnesium helps improve insulin sensitivity and reduce PCOS symptoms
- Ginger: May help reduce menstrual pain and inflammation in PCOS
- Cinnamon: Studies show cinnamon can help lower fasting blood sugar levels in PCOS
PCOS Diet Principles in This Recipe
The PCOS diet focuses on three core principles: reducing inflammation, managing insulin resistance, and supporting hormonal balance. Every recipe in our collection is evaluated against these principles. This recipe excels in providing protein-rich ingredients that help regulate appetite hormones (ghrelin and leptin), and anti-inflammatory spices that target the chronic inflammation underlying PCOS. As part of a balanced PCOS meal plan, we recommend pairing recipes like this with a variety of nutrient-dense foods throughout the week to ensure you are meeting all your micronutrient needs.
Meal Prep Tip: This Cranberry Almond Breakfast Cookies can be prepared ahead and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Meal prepping is one of the most effective strategies for sticking to a PCOS-friendly diet, as it removes the temptation to reach for processed convenience foods when time is short.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Sunflower Seeds, Cranberries.
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). Sunflower...
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