Country Apple Crisp - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 7 medium Golden Delicious or Cortland apples
- 1/2 c. dried cherries or raisins
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/3 c. packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 c. packed (light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 c. quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
- 3 tbsp. margarine or butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. From orange, grate enough peel to equal 1/2 teaspoon; squeeze enough juice to equal 1/3 cup. In 2-quart glass or ceramic baking dish, toss orange peel, orange juice, apple slices, cherries, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons flour.
- In small bowl, mix oats, 1/3 cup flour, and 1/4 cup packed brown sugar. With pastry blender or two knives used scissor-fashion, cut in margarine or butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apple mixture.
- Bake apple crisp 30 to 35 minutes until apples are tender and topping is lightly browned, covering with foil if necessary to prevent overbrowning. Cool crisp slightly on wire rack to serve warm. Or, cool crisp completely on rack to serve later. Reheat if desired.
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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