Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies by Noel Trujillo
By BridgetMarie on October 26, 2006
Photo by PixieFairy1981
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 27 mins
- Serves: 54, Yield: 4.5 dozen
About This Recipe
"This recipe is great for mothers who are breastfeeding. It helps to keep your milk supply up or increase your milk supply. Use more brewers yeast and oatmeal if you are wanting to increase your milk supply. You can use more chocolate chips if you like or any kind of chips."
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 scant cup sugar
- 1 scant cup brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons flax seed meal1 tablespoon fenugreek seed added at our house
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour- 1/2 white flour, 1/2 wheat flour at our house
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups oats
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons brewer's or nutritional yeast
OPTIONAL VARIATIONS:Butterscotch chips instead of chocolate chips (our favorite variation! Add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg!)4 TB cocoa powder, 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips, 1/2 cup walnuts/pecans/almondsRaisins instead of chocolate chips
Half butter & half nut butter for an extra shot of protein(I've made 4-5 batches of these and frozen them so that we have minimal work and maximum cookies after Damian comes, hence the need for variation)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix the flaxseed meal and water and let sit for 3-5 minutes.
- Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar well.
- Add eggs and mix well.
- Add flaxseed mix, fenugreek, and vanilla, beat well.
- Sift together flours, brewers yeast, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to butter mix.
- Stir in oats and chips.
- Scoop onto baking sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Let set for a couple minutes then remove from tray.
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