Dried Plum-and-Port Bread Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Dried Plum-and-Port Bread Recipe | MyRecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped pitted prunes (dried plums)
- 1 3/4 cups port or other sweet red wine
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat or all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar or granulated sugar
Instructions
- Combine prunes and port in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cover and remove from heat; let stand 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 °.
- Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine all-purpose flour and next 5 ingredients (all-purpose flour through cinnamon) in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Drain prunes in a colander over a bowl, reserving liquid. Combine reserved liquid, oil, and next 4 ingredients (oil through eggs); stir well with a whisk. Stir in prunes. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
- Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake at 350 ° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
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). Lemons ca...
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Yes, this Dried Plum-and-Port Bread Recipe | MyRecipes recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Lunch. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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