Lactation Cookies! What are they you ask? Well, they aren't your average chocolate chip cookie. In fact, these cookies actually serve a purpose...for WOMEN! I make these on the regular for my customers...who knew there were so many pregnant women out there.
Get to the point you say, ok here goes.
In a nutshell, these cookies help new mommy's boost and maintain their milk supply. But do they work? YES! Which is why I'm telling you about them. The active ingredients that make these miracle cookies work are brewers yeast, oats, coconut oil, flax seed and for those daring mom's, fenugreek (helps with inflammation and improves your sex life). Yes, you read that correctly.
Recipe below ladies:
3 tablespoons ground flax seed
1/4 cup Almond milk
1 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup brewers' yeast
1 teas fenugreek powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teasp
1/4 cup of coconut oil
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup of shredded coconut (sweet or unsweetened)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).Mix flaxseed with almond milk in small bowl and let soak for 5 minutes.
Beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat to incorporate.
Stir flax seed mixture into the butter mixture. Mix flour, brewer's yeast, fenugreek, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl; add to butter mixture and stir until just combined.
Fold oats, shredded coconut and chocolate chips into the dough. Roll dough or scoop with a spoon into golf ball size balls and place 2 inches apart onto a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes two batches...yum
P.S...try to use organic ingredients
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