Apple Cinnamon Streusel Cheesecake - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 3 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 can (21 oz) apple pie filling
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 °F. In small bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar and butter until crumbly; reserve 1/2 cup for topping. Press remaining oat mixture in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
- In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in milk, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla, scraping bowl once, until well blended. Pour onto crust in pan.
- Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until set. Cool on cooling rack about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in 8-inch nonstick skillet, heat reserved 1/2 cup oat mixture over medium-low heat 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly toasted. Spread apple pie filling over partially cooled cheesecake. Sprinkle toasted oat mixture on top. Cool 1 1/2 hours. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen; remove side of pan. Store in refrigerator.
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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