Breakfast: Beverly's Get Up & Go Breakfast Cookies

Recipe by Susan Rogers These are delicious alternatives to cold cereal, and kids love them. Barley cereal works just as well. Don't omit the orange peel!

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Barley, Nuts

Health and fertility benefits of Beverly's Get Up & Go Breakfast Cookies

Barley is about the best grain a woman with PCOS can eat. It is low in calories and has the lowest GI of all grains. Low-GI grains such as barley take much longer to digest and create a slow, steady rise in blood glucose and insulin levels. As mentioned before on Fertility Chef, low-GI foods reduce cravings. If possible, try and find hulled barley as it is the most nutrient dense of all types of barley. 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

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (e.g. Grape-Nuts™)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange juice concentrate, and orange zest. Combine the flour and baking powder; mix into the fluffy mixture until blended. Stir in cereal. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheet for cooling.

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