Baked French Toast Casserole - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- dash salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, divided
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 loaf French bread, (13 to 16 oz)
- 1/2 lb butter, plus more for pan
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 cup raspberry preserves
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons raspberry liqueur
Instructions
- Slice French bread into 20 slices, 1-inch thick each. (Use any extra bread for garlic toast or bread crumbs). Arrange slices in a generously buttered 9X13 casserole dish in 2 rows, overlapping the slices.
- In a large bowl, combine the eggs, half and half, milk, sugar, vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and salt and beat with a rotary beater or whisk until blended but not too bubbly. Pour mixture over the bread slices, making sure all are covered evenly with the milk-egg mixture. Spoon some of the mixture in between the slices. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
- The next day, preheat oven to 350 °. Spread Praline Topping evenly over the bread and bake for 45 minutes, until puffed and lightly golden. Serve with Raspberry Syrup.
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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