Easy Lactation Cookie Recipe Review MAY 31, 2022 / KELLI NAPOTNIK / ![]() Lactation cookies are a wonderful way to treat a nursing mother! I recently made a meal for a friend and decided it was a great opportunity to try a recipe I found. The recipe made a large batch of cookies and used healthy ingredients like organic oats, flaxseed meal and coconut oil that are nourishing for a nursing mother. Give this quick and easy recipe a try next time you find yourself taking a meal to a postpartum mom!
What makes lactation cookies so beneficial for milk supply? I found that oats are high in fiber and have lots of minerals and vitamins that are beneficial to a nursing mother. On the recipe page, which I'll share below, it also says that flaxseed meal contains omega-3 fatty acids which are essential for babies while nursing. When my local grocery store had organic flaxseed meal, I decided to use it instead of using brewer's yeast (which is an ingredient in other recipes and equally as beneficial). If you want, you could probably use both ingredients. I chose to keep my cookies completely dairy free using these semi sweet chocolate chips. You can find them at Target, Walmart and Food Lion!
![]() The recipe I'm happy to share with you comes from the expecting mamas network. Click here to see the full list of ingredients and directions! I love how everything was easy to follow which is why I'm sharing it with you. The directions are as follows:
![]() I noticed the batter felt dry when I was gathering it into balls, but as you roll them they do hold together. The cookies retain most of their shape when they bake, so if you'd like a flatter cookie then I'd recommend patting them down into the shape you'd like. I like how these turned out, so I kept rolling them into balls without pressing them down.
![]() This recipe made close to 48 cookies for me! As a helpful tip, bake half the recipe and save the rest of the batter in a gallon freezer bag and freeze. As an added bonus, take the batter with your cookies so your friend can make a second batch when needed. They were delicious and my entire family gobbled them up. Even though they are labeled for lactation, anyone can enjoy these cookies. The fiber and omega-3's are beneficial to everyone, but especially to nursing mothers who need to increase their caloric intake while breastfeeding.
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did and please let us know if you add your own twist! Have you made lactation cookies before? We'd love to know!
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