Macadamia Nut-Caramel Rolls - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup caramel topping
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped macadamia nuts
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 1 can (17.5 oz) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 °F. Spray 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Spread caramel topping evenly over bottom of pan. Sprinkle with nuts and coconut.
- Separate dough into 8 rolls; set icing aside. Place rolls on top of mixture in pan.
- Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown. Turn pan upside down onto heatproof serving plate. Cool 5 minutes.
- Remove cover from icing; microwave on Medium (50%) 5 to 10 seconds or until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts.
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). Nuts are...
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