Delightful Apple Spice Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup applesauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F (175 degrees C). Line a mini muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs, and beat until smooth. Blend in cinnamon, allspice, baking powder, and baking soda. Alternately add in a half cup of applesauce, one cup of flour, remaining applesauce, and remaining flour. Stir until just blended together. Pour batter into muffin cups 2/3's of the way full.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 17 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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). Apples wi...
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