Apple, Pear, and Cranberry Crisp Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 pound Fuji apples, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 pound Bosc pears, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- Cooking spray
- 3.45 ounces brown rice flour (about 3/4 cup)
- 1 cup certified gluten-free old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 °.
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add apples, pears, and cranberries, stirring to coat fruit. Pour mixture into an 11 x 7-inch glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and remaining ingredients in a bowl, stirring to combine. Spoon flour mixture over fruit mixture. Bake at 375 ° for 45 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon, Cranberries, Apples, 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). Lemons ca...
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