These cookies will help support a mother’s milk supply, but they’re worth baking even if you’re not nursing…because they’re simply healthy and delicious!
Editor’s Note: We tasted these cookies at a Bikur Cholim women’s event, and enjoyed them down to the last crumb. They were a great, wholesome snack. As we schmoozed with Chanie Gelbwachs, renowned lactation consultant based in Lakewood, NJ we realized that many of our readers could benefit from such a treat. Chanie graciously shared the recipe with us. We halved the original recipe to make it more manageable, although Chanie recommended to bake the full amount and, “Bake it once, freeze it, and enjoy it until your little one starts walking!”
These cookies are delicious, healthy, and easy to prepare. And there’s more: These cookies have special ingredients that can support a nursing mother’s milk supply.
These cookies freeze well and are the perfect snack when you need a pick me up and you only have one hand available to eat 😉
You will find that some ingredients are new to you, you can easily purchase them on Amazon or in your local Walmart or health food store.
Flaxseed contains plant-based phytoestrogens, which mimic influences the hormones responsible for milk supply. They’re also a good source of omega 3-fatty acids, which will transfer to your milk and enhance its nutritional benefits.
Place the flaxseed meal in a small bowl and add water.
Mix and set aside. You will use it later on.
Next, melt your coconut oil.
Using the paddle attachment, combine it with the sugars in your electric mixer and mix until light and fluffy. Add remaining ingredients, including the Brewer’s Yeast, which is also a popular nutritional supplement among nursing mothers. Then, using a small bit of cookie dough at a time, roll balls and place on a baking sheet.
You can also simply bake these in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan!
Bake cookies for 11 to 12 minutes, until golden.
Or enjoy them as squares! Squares will need much more baking time. Both versions will freeze well.
Lactation Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup flaxseed meal
- ⅓ cup water
- 1⅓ cups coconut oil, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 3 ½ cups old fashioned oats
- ½ tbsp cinnamon
- heaping ¼ cup Brewer’s Yeast
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cups chocolate chips
- ¾ cups slivered almonds
- ¾ cups craisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place the flaxseed meal in a small bowl and add water. Mix and set aside. You will use it later.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine coconut oil and sugars. Using the paddle attachment, mix until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix to incorporate. Slowly add flour, oats, cinnamon, brewers yeast, baking soda, and salt. Mix and add the flaxseed mixture. Mix until combined. Add chocolate chips, almonds, and Craisins and mix until just combined.
- Using a small bit of cookie dough at a time, roll balls and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 11 to 12 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and let cool on a cooling rack. These cookies freeze well.
Hi. Just wondering if the coconut oil has to be used or can you sub for regular oil?