Baked French Toast - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 12 (1-inch-thick) baguette slices (cut on a long diagonal)
- 3 tablespoons instant-espresso powder
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
- Cinnamon for dusting
- Accompaniment: whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °F with rack in middle and generously butter a 13- by 9-inch shallow baking dish or pan (3-quart; preferably glass or ceramic).
- Arrange bread in 1 layer in baking dish. Dissolve espresso powder in hot water in a large bowl. Whisk in milk, eggs, vanilla, and 1/2 cup sugar until smooth.
- Pour custard over bread, then turn slices over several times so they soak up as much custard as possible. Sprinkle top with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake until puffed and set, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in dish on a rack 10 minutes, then dust with cinnamon.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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