Lunch: Apple Pie Panini

French toast meets apple pie in this quick and easy recipe for Apple Pie Panini topped with vanilla ice cream.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Honey

Health and fertility benefits of Apple Pie Panini

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). One tbsp of honey has a glycemic index (GI) of 55.

Ingredients

1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
2 teaspoons honey
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, at room temperature
8 slices cinnamon raisin bread, sliced from a dense a bakery loaf
1 Granny Smith or other firm apple, cored and thinly sliced
2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
Vanilla bean ice cream (optional)

Instructions

Either in a small bowl with a whisk or in a mini food processor, whip the mascarpone and honey together until it’s well combined and fluffy.
Heat the panini press to medium-high heat.
For each sandwich: Spread butter on two slices of bread to flavor the outside of the sandwich. Flip over both slices of bread and spread 1 tablespoon sweetened mascarpone on each. Top one slice of bread with a layer of apples and close the sandwich with the other slice, buttered side up. Sprinkle some brown sugar on top.
Grill two panini at a time, with the lid closed, until the fillings are warmed and the bread is toasted, with a sweet crust, 3 to 5 minutes. Top each sandwich with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream (optional) and serve.

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