Friday, August 17, 2012

Lactation Cookies: For increasing milk supply.



Eat 4 or more cookies daily to bump up your milk production.  This is a modification of Noell Trujillo's popular recipe.  This one uses whole wheat flour and has half the added sugar.









Ingredients:

Yield: 4.5 dozen

1 cup butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 mashed banana
 4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flax seed meal  (no substitutions, do not omit.)
 2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups oats
 1 cup chocolate chips
2 -4 tablespoons brewer's yeast  (no substitutions, do not omit or use any other type of yeast.)

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 banana and eggs and mix well.
Add flaxseed mix and vanilla, beat well.
 Sift together flour, 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.

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