Apple Cider Doughnuts - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- .67 c. apple cider
- Cappuccino Doughnuts ingredients
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 3 c. sugar
Instructions
- Follow directions to make Cappuccino Doughnuts
- Add 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to the flour mixture. Replace the milk with apple cider and omit the espresso powder.
- Sugar the hot doughnuts by combining 1 tablespoon cinnamon with 3 cups sugar in a large closeable container and placing them, one at a time, in the sugar mixture and shaking to cover.
- Serve immediately or keep in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Nuts.
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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