This Best Friends Forever Brownies is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
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Ingredients
Instructions
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Heat oven to 325 °F with rack in middle. Lightly grease or butter pan and line with crisscrossed sheets of parchment or foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang.
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Melt chocolate with butter in a large metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Remove bowl from pan and let cool 5 minutes.
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Add sugar and whisk well.
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Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk mixture vigorously until smooth and cohesive.
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Whisk in vanilla and salt.
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Add flour and cocoa and stir with whisk until incorporated and batter is smooth.
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Fold in nuts with a rubber spatula.
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Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until a wooden pick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
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Cool brownies completely in pan on a rack.
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To remove them easily from the pan, use the parchment overhangs to lift the brownies, still on the parchment, from the pan. Cut brownies into serving pieces.
Why this Best Friends Forever Brownies works for PCOS
A PCOS-friendly snack like this Best Friends Forever Brownies should include protein or fat, not carbohydrates alone. Carb-only snacks (fruit, crackers, granola bars) spike blood sugar then crash it within 60-90 minutes, leaving you hungrier and more reactive to whatever comes next.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Nuts, Walnuts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Best Friends Forever Brownies recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly., it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Snack. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
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