CinniMinni - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Recipe by Cristina Suarez Krumsick
Aside from the fact that making cinnamon rolls usually requires making dough, in all its kneading/rising/resting time-consuming glory, there's another reason we shy away from making these heavenly treats: they're often
Ingredients
- 60 vanilla wafers
- 1/3 c. seedless raisins
- 3 tsp. firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tbsp. skim milk
- 1/2 c. milk chocolate
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and set aside.
- In a food processor, process the cookies until fine crumbs form, about 1 minute.
- Add the raisins, brown sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon and process for another 30 seconds.
- Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, softened butter, vanilla and milk in a small bowl until smooth.
- Pour evenly over the vanilla wafer mixture and mix until a dough begins to form, about 30 seconds.
- Transfer the dough to a clean bowl.
- Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared pan.
- Prepare the chocolate for drizzling. Drizzle each truffle with milk chocolate and sprinkle with the remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until solid and serve. Looking for more dessert ideas? Check out our homemade chocolate chip cookie recipes, apple pie recipes, and chocolate cake recipes.
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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