Lunch: Apple Dumplings

An easy apple dumpling recipe.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Apple Dumplings

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 will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

2 cans crescent rolls
2 Granny Smith apples
1 stick butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/3 cup sugar, or sugar substitute
1 (12 oz) diet citrus-flavored soda

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °
Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 wedges. Roll each wedge in a crescent roll. Place rolls in a 9 x 13 baking dish. In small saucepan melt butter. Once melted add sugar (or substitute) and cinnamon. Mix well. Spoon over crescent rolls. Pour diet soda over rolls. Bake for 45 minutes.
Notes from the Paula Deen Test Kitchen: Some sugar substitutes are more difficult to mix in butter than sugar. Mixes better if butter is melted. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter, sugar substitute and cinnamon. Remove the dumplings to a wire rack after cooking as the liquid still in the baking dish will make the dumplings soggy. The Apple Dumplings taste like mini apple pies.

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