Lactation cookies

Saratiff · September 2015

@breezymeema7 sooooo do you make such delicious confections? And if you do any tips?????

kettlekitten · September 2015

Following!

emmacake08 · September 2015

I know this wasn't directed at me, but here's the recipe and website I used for my last batch and they turned out great and made a lot. My only tip is to follow the baking time and not be afraid to take them out when they're still soft to the touch because they harden up as they cool.

https://www.howsweeteats.com/2015/02/lactation-cookies/?m

Saratiff · September 2015

lol I asked breezymeema7 because she is the baker of the bunch but all comments are totally welcome!!' I just want to know what tastes good before I expend a bunch of energy making them

) thanks for the responses :-)

ctraci74 · September 2015

Are the ones from the store any good? I'm not much of a baker.

Saratiff · September 2015

No idea @ctraci74 but they are too expensive for me on a regular basis

Awigg14 · September 2015

I made these the other day and they were AMAZING
https://www.food.com/recipe/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-lactation-cookies-by-noel-trujillo-192346

breezymeema7 · September 2015

These are super yummy and my go-to. Mostly just because LOVE peanut butter

https://www.simplisticallyliving.com/homemade-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-lactation-cookies/

I just use regular oats and milk chocolate chips. You can also cut some sugar out and sub in honey.

Another great lactation cookie are those no bake chocolate oatmeal stacks, you know? Just throw in your ground flax and brewers yeast, you'll never know the difference.

Sometimes, like today, I just make plain raisin oatmeal cookies with extra oatmeal and pretend they're good for my supply

kclg10 · September 2015

I made these today.

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/breastfeeding/lactation-cookies/

Saratiff · September 2015

Thanks everyone! I will be making cookies tomorrow and will keep you all posted. That is if this kid ever decides to go to sleep!

tylery · September 2015

So glad to come across this post! I'm curious to see how effective lactation cookies are in boosting my milk supply. And baking sounds like a good way to kill time tomorrow

pinkspringtulip · September 2015

I've made this recipe. They're vegan and gluten free so should be good for most food allergies / preferences.

https://detoxinista.com/2014/08/vegan-lactation-cookies-gluten-free/

missmarissa711 · September 2015

Thank you for this! I am totally trying these recipes.

jesselayne8 · September 2015

Who is going to send me some because I am too damn lazy for baking cookies??

kettlekitten · September 2015

jesselayne8 said:
Who is going to send me some because I am too damn lazy for baking cookies??

I outsourced to my mum! That amazing woman went to the health food shop and picked up Brewers yeast and linseed meal and made up some cookies for me. A few hours after eating some my pumping volume went back up to 90/100ml in about 10 min per boob (I was struggling to get 70ml in 15 min or more per boob previously). It may have been a coincidence, but yay anyway!

amk013 · September 2015

@Saratiff did you make any? I'm waiting for a recipe review!

prpl11butterfly · September 2015

I have been doing smoothies for breakfast. I would have to hide cookies and its just way too hot to turn on my oven. Same ingredients (oats, flax, yeast) and they great! I found my recipes on Pintrest.

Saratiff · September 2015

Soo I made the cookies yesterday :-) they are delish. I don't know if they have increased my supply at all yet but they are a nice treat :-)

Saratiff · September 2015

https://www.justmommies.com/blog/2013/02/the-best-damn-lactation-cookies-youll-ever-eat/

This is the recipe I used. I also added two eggs.

And I may have already eaten two dozen. But hey it's all in the name of increasing my milk supply

)

kettlekitten · September 2015

prpl11butterfly said:
I have been doing smoothies for breakfast. I would have to hide cookies and its just way too hot to turn on my oven. Same ingredients (oats, flax, yeast) and they great! I found my recipes on Pintrest.

Care to share a good recipe? I'm going to try smoothies too.

prpl11butterfly · September 2015

@kettlekitten

I've been doing the "fruit lactation smoothie" from this page.

https://hiccupsandsunshine.blogspot.com/2013/11/smoothiesforbreastfeedingmoms.html?m=1

And thinking I'm going to try this one this morning (if DS ever decides hes done with my boobs)

https://wereparentsblog.com/2014/05/chocolate-peanut-butter-banana-lactation-boosting-milkshake-time-for-mom.html/

I really love anything with peanut butter. I never would have expected it to be good the strawberries, but it was a trick to getting down shakeology (their strawberry shake is truly disgusting) that I carried over once I started making my own and its fantastic!

Update- had the chocolate peanut butter (more like an early lunch then breakfast) but it was really good. Also, FYI, flax seed does not get blended. The seeds stay whole. Not sure if flax meal would work better.

AshleyM0125 · September 2015

Made these today. Amazing and quick and they might be almost gone...

Also, I did add Brewers yeast to them as well

kjandericka · September 2015

I made the lactation cookies from the recipe that @emmacake08 shared and they were amazing. I left them out to cool and, when I went back into the kitchen, there were 6 missing. DH, who doesn't like sweets, said, "dang, those are some good cookies!" Haha. He was mortified when I told them what they were.

emmacake08 · September 2015

@kjandericka DH ate a bunch too, was mortified and then realized there wasn't anything alarming in them! They were really good, I just baked the first batch too long so they were lactation cookie bricks

PixelPosy · September 2015

LOL at your DH's. My husband won't touch them even though I told him it's not going to make him lactate! The the brewer's yeast can cause some awful gas.

Here's the recipe I used, I was looking for a peanutbutter/chocolate version. They definitely work for me.

https://www.keepitsweetdesserts.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-lactation-cookies/

EmEeGee · September 2015

Im going to be making these cookies in the next day or so (once I can track down some brewers yeast). What do you all think as far as milk production results?