Grandma Mollie's Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 stick unsalted butter
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 c. old-fashioned oats
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 c. raisins
- 1/2 c. coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 1/4 c. chocolate chips
- 1/4 c. milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in eggs until well combined. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients, plus raisins, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir to combine. Stir in milk.
- Drop dough in heaping tablespoonfuls, about 1 inch apart, on the baking sheet. Bake until golden brown and slightly crunchy, about 15 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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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