Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies

As a new breastfeeding mom, you may be eager to find ways to increase and maintain your milk supply. What better way to do so than by enjoying a warm batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies fortified with ingredients to give your supply a boost!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of butter

• 1 cup of sugar

• 1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar

• 4 tablespoons of water

• 2 tablespoons of flax seed meal

• 2 eggs

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

• 2 cups of flour

• 1 teaspoon of baking soda

• 1 teaspoon of salt

• 3 cups of oats

• 1 cup of chocolate chips

• 2-4 tablespoons of brewers’ yeast

Directions: 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

• Mix water and flaxseed meal and let sit for 3-5 minutes.

• Beat butter with brown and white sugar.

• Add eggs and mix.

• Add flaxseed mixture and vanilla and beat.

• Sift flour, baking soda, brewers’ yeast, and salt and add to butter mix.

• Stir in chocolate chips and oats.

• Scoop even portions onto a baking sheet.

• Bake for 12 minutes.

• Let cool and remove from baking sheet.

• Recipe should yield 4.5 dozen cookies. Don’t enjoy them all at once!