Lactation Cookies - Recipe

Need an excuse to eat cookies? Here is one! These cookies will help establish and develop your milk supply !

There are a lot of recipes online but they are all pretty much all the same. I like this one because it has chocolate chips! But you could also add raisins, or whatever ingredients you like (walnuts, almonds, cashews, macadamia nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried fruit, hemp seeds, almond butter, sesame seeds…)

The important ingredients are the oats (oatmeal contains iron and studies have shown that maternal anemia, when you have low iron levels, can cause a decrease in milk supply so always a good idea to start breakfast with oatmeal!) and the brewer’s yeast (which is also believed to be a galactagogue).

 

Ingredients:

• 3 cups oats
• 1 cup chocolate chip
• 1 cup sugar (normal)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup buter
• 2 tablespoons of water
• 1 tablespoons of flaxseed / linseed meal
• 3 tablespoons of brewer’s yeast (can be found in most health shops)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of salt

Recipe:

While you prepare the recipe below, turn on your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

• In a glass, mix:
  • 2 tablespoons of water
  • 1 tablespoons of flaxseed / linseed meal
  • and let it sit for a while as you prepare the rest
• In a large bowl, mix:
  • 1 cup sugar (normal)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup buter (tip: cut the butter and put it in the microwave for 20 seconds)
• Add the 2 eggs to the above mixture
• Add the flaxseed or linseed and water you had prepared above
• Add the vanilla extract
• Finally add:
  • 3 cups oats
  • 1 cup chocolate chip
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • and mix it well
• With a big spoon, scoop onto your baking tray – in little balls – making sure you leave space in between as they tend to run a little while cooking
• Bake for 12 minutes in your pre-heated oven (180C)
• Leave out to cool down before you eat them !

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