Quick Cranberry Apple Dessert - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
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Treat your family to this nutty apple and cranberry dessert that's topped with Pillsbury® Grands!® Jr. Golden Layers® biscuits - a baked delight.
Ingredients
- 4 cups (4 medium) chopped peeled apples
- 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts, if desired
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 °F. In large saucepan, combine apples, cranberries and water; cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- In small bowl, combine 1 1/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup nuts, cornstarch, salt and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir into apple mixture; cook 2 to 4 minutes or until thickened. Pour into ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
- Separate dough into 10 biscuits. Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. In another small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Dip one side of each biscuit in melted butter, then in sugar mixture. Arrange biscuits, sugared side up, over hot apple mixture, overlapping to make 2 rows. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup nuts.
- Bake at 400 °F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. If desired, serve warm with cream or ice cream.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Cranberries, Apples, 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). Researche...
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