Mama's Blueberry Buckle - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup solid vegetable shortening, at room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 cups blueberries
- Whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °. Butter an 8-inch square glass baking dish. In a medium bowl, combine 1/3 cup of the flour with 1/2 cup of the sugar and the cinnamon. Using your fingers, rub in the butter until the mixture is crumbly.
- In a small bowl, whisk the remaining 1 cup of flour with the baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with the shortening. Beat in the egg. Beat in the flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the milk. Spread the batter in the prepared baking dish. Scatter the blueberries over the batter. Sprinkle with the cinnamon topping and bake for 40 minutes. Let cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.
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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