Breakfast: John Legend's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Nuts

Health and fertility benefits of John Legend's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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). Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
14 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup dark chocolate chunks
1 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup raisins
Chopped peanuts, for garnish

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Beat your butter and sugars in a separate bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and fluffy. Add the eggs and then the vanilla and beat well. Add the combined flour mixture and mix well. Add the oats, chocolate chunks, peanut butter chips and raisins, and mix well.
Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheets. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the top. Bake until light golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets. Serve warm.

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