Gingersnaps Recipe | Myrecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Gingersnaps Recipe | Myrecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup unsulphured (mild) molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, ginger, salt, cinnamon and cloves in a medium bowl.
- With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary, 3 minutes. Reduce speed to medium-low and beat in molasses, egg and vanilla until smooth. Reduce speed to low, beat in flour mixture in 2 batches just until blended; continue to blend with a rubber spatula. Refrigerate dough, covered, for at least 1 hour, or until very firm.
- Position a rack in middle of oven and preheat to 375 °F. Grease 4 large baking sheets. Place remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll each in sugar, and place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake cookies (2 sheets at a time) for 10 to 15 minutes, switching positions on oven racks halfway through, until tops of cookies are cracked and fall just slightly when very lightly touched. Let cookies cool on sheets on wire racks for about 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Gingersnaps Recipe | Myrecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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