Dessert: Christmas Morning Coffee Cake

A spiced, festive coffee cake that is perfect for Christmas morning.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health and fertility benefits of Christmas Morning Coffee Cake

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).

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 egg

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °. Combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Use a whisk to ensure there are no lumps.
Remove a 1/2 cup of the flour mixture and set aside.
Then if you have a food processor, place your pastry blender and "cut in" the shortening until the flour mixture is combined. If you do not have a food processor use a standard mixer or good ole' fashion elbow grease.
Add milk and beaten egg into flour mixture.
Place into a 8x8 pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the reserved flour mixture on top of the batter.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake for 25 minutes.

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