Luscious Layered Pumpkin Pie - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 box Pillsbury™ refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Whipped cream, if desired
- Additional chopped walnuts, if desired
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 °F. Unroll 1 pie crust on work surface or cutting board; cut into 1/2-inch squares with knife. Lightly beat 1 of the eggs; brush over squares. Set aside. Place second pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie. Arrange squares around edge of crust, slightly overlapping. Brush edge with lightly beaten egg.
- In medium bowl, mix 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, nuts, the butter and vanilla; spread in crust. In another bowl, beat pumpkin, cream cheese and remaining 2 eggs and 3/4 cup brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in flour, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg. Spoon over nut mixture. Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 °F; bake 30 minutes longer or until set. Cool. Garnish with whipped cream and additional nuts.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts, Walnuts.
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). Nuts are...
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