Pecan Sandies - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup almond butter
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting cookies
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together flours, pecans, cinnamon, and salt. Cream butters and sugar. Add the egg white and continue beating until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture and beat until a dough forms. Shape the dough into 3-inch balls, about 1 heaping tablespoon each. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake until lightly browned on the bottom, 10 minutes. While cookies are still hot, sift confectioners' sugar over the tops. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely .
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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