Apple Oatmeal Spice Cookies - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. Salt (optional)
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg (optional)
- .67 c. firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 c. granulated sugar
- 1/4 c. light butter
- 3/4 c. unsweetened applesauce or apple butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp. skim milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 c. Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned)
- 3/4 c. diced dried mixed fruit or raisins
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, beat sugars and light butter with electric mixer until well blended. Add applesauce, egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in oats and dried fruit; mix well (dough will be moist).
- Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets, press lightly to flatten.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Apples.
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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