Dessert Pizza - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Dessert Pizza is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 (1 pound) loaf plain ciabatta or focaccia
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 cloves
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 pounds gala, braeburn, or pink lady apples, peeled, cored, and cut into sixths
- Ice cream or whipped cream for serving
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450 degrees F and arrange rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, place bread on top, and set aside.
- Melt butter in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. When foaming subsides, remove from heat, add vanilla, salt, and cloves and sprinkle sugar evenly into pan.
- Place apples in a single layer and return to stove. Cook over medium heat, turning apples once, until apples are knife tender, about 10 minutes. Arrange apples on bread and pour all but 1/4 cup caramel sauce on top. Bake in oven until caramel sauce bubbles and bread is heated through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from oven, pour remaining caramel on apples and let pizza sit for 5 minutes before cutting. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Apples.
Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Dessert Pizza recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Dessert. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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