My Mom’s Muffins - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Ground Flaxseed/flaxseed Meal
- 1 cup Regular Oats
- 1/2 cup Packed Brown Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Walnuts, Roughly Chopped
- 1/2 cup Raisins
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 whole Egg
- 1 whole Banana, Peeled And Mashed With A Fork
- 1/2 cup Applesauce
- 1/4 cup Molasses
- Extra Buttermilk As Needed For Thinning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Thoroughly grease a 12-count muffin pan.
- In a large bowl, combine flours, flaxseed meal, oats, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, walnuts, and raisins. Stir together until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, egg, banana, applesauce and molasses.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring until it just barely comes together. Batter should be wet and sticky; if needed, splash in a couple extra tablespoons of buttermilk.
- Scoop 1/4 cup helpings into the muffin cups and bake for 16-18 minutes, or until deep golden brown.
- Serve with softened butter and jelly if you're a rebel like me.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples, 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). Apples wi...
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