Healthier To Die For Blueberry Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
- Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, cinnamon in a small bowl with a fork until mixture resembles a coarse crumb.
- Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, and baking powder in a bowl. Place applesauce into a 1 cup measuring cup; add egg and enough milk to fill cup; mix into flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.
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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