Healthy Lactation Cookies
These lactation cookies are amazing for nursing mothers! They're soft, chewy and made with ingredients that help boost milk supply like oats, flaxseed, and brewer's yeast. These ingredients are galactagogues, which help increase breast milk production by mediating hormonal pathways in the body.
Plus, they're just as delicious and nutritious if you're not lactating!
Makes 24 cookies.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 1/4 cups quick cooking oats
- 3/4 cup oat flour (Jo Anne's Place Bulk)
- 3 tablespoons of brewer's yeast (Jo Anne's Place Bulk)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed + 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (vegan/dairy-free if preferred)
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease two baking sheets with coconut oil or line with parchment paper and set aside.
- Make flax eggs by whisking together ground flaxseed and water. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together oats, oat flour, brewer's yeast, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl mix together oil, sugar, flaxseed eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- Add dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet and stir until just combined.
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips.
- Using a spoon, drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Press each cookie down with a fork slightly.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. They may seem soft when they come out of the oven, but you do not want to over-bake them or they will get crisp.
- Remove from oven and let cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe adapted from Eating Bird Food.
All ingredients are available at Jo Anne's Place. See hours here.
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