Apple Pie Bourbon Shots - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Recipe by Natalie Migliarini
Use a few ingredients—apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg—to infuse your own bourbon that tastes just like your fave fall dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. bourbon
- 2 apples (green and red), chopped
- 3 sugar cubes
- 1 whole nutmeg, slightly shaved
- 4 cinnamon sticks, plus more for garnish
- 1 1" piece fresh ginger
Instructions
- Fill a mason jar with bourbon, apples, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger.
- Let mixture sit 2 to 4 days. (Taste after 2 days and let sit longer as desired.)
- Pour mixture into shot glasses and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
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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