Lactation Boosting Cookies Recipe for Breastfeeding Moms
This (and similar) Lactation Boosting Cookies Recipes can be found ALL over the web, so I’m not sure where it originated! I ran across the recipe in an email in 2001, and there was no attributions, so I’ve tweaked it a little!
When you have a new baby, it’s hard to remember to take care of yourself. You’re worried about the next feeding, the next diaper change, getting the hubby out the door on time for work, managing your time between all of your kids. I’ve been there, a I always forget that I need to make sure that I’m also drinking plenty of water and taking in more calories than I’m used to. Although these cookies are a treat, they also have key ingredients that will help boost your supply (in addition to eating more and drinking plenty of water.).
One thing to remember about this recipe is that the ingredients of flax seed meal, oats, and brewer’s yeast are the key ingredients to helping boost your breastmilk supply. DO NOT SUBSTITUTE! Eat 3-4 of these cookies a day for a noticeable increase in your milk supply.
Also, if you’d like, you can share with the kids and the hubby! They’re not going to start producing milk just from eating them. You can also double the recipe and leave out the flax seed meal and brewer’s yeast if you’d like!
Lactation Boosting Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar (or 3/4 cup honey)
1 cup brown sugar (or 1 cup coconut sugar)
4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (no substitutions)
2 large eggs
1 tablespoons vanilla
2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cup Thick cut oats
1 cup Chocolate chips (or carob chips)
2 tablespoon Brewers Yeast (no substitutions)
Directions
Preheat oven at 375.
Mix 2 T of flaxseed meal and water, set aside 3-5 minutes.
Cream butter and sugar (or honey).
Add eggs.
Stir flaxseed mix into butter mix and add vanilla.
Beat until well blended.
Sift: dry ingredients, except oats and choc chips.
Add butter mix to dry ing.
Stir in the oats and then the choc chips.
Drop on parchmant paper on baking sheet.
Bake 8-12 minutes.
*For egg allergies you can soak 2 tablespoons of flax seed meal or chia seeds in 6 tablespoons of water for 15 minutes and add to mixture.)
*NOTES*
IT MUST BE Flax Seed Meal, no substitutions. Whole flax seeds will not digest to be effective.
IT MUST BE Brewers Yeast, no substitutions. Bakers yeast will NOT do – it must be brewer’s yeast.
I’ve never heard of anything like this. It seems like a good idea and they look delicious!
I made these without the brewers yeast because I couldn’t find any nearby and I just added a little more flax. I went from having a pumped supply in fridge of 11oz (pumping once in morning and bf the rest of the day) to have 25 oz in the fridge!!! I have to pump in between feedings now too!! I love it’!
I’m sorry but what does “4 T of water” mean? What measurement is that?
3 teaspoons! I’m sorry that it wasn’t spelled out!
4 Table spoons. I believe
Where do you buy brewers yeast? Is it the same yeast you use to make beer or is it something you buy at a health food store?
I found Brewers yeast at whole foods market for 12 bucks