Monster Breakfast Cookies - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 cups oats
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup ground flax seed
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
- 1/4 cup flax seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 4 baking sheets.
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended. Add second egg with vanilla extract; continue beating. Continue beating while adding vegetable oil, honey, oats, whole wheat flour, ground flax seed, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, flax seeds, baking soda, and ground cinnamon, respectively. Fold raisins into the dough.
- Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to create monster cookie size and drop onto prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are just browning, about 20 minutes.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Sesame Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Honey.
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). Sesame se...
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