Lactation Cookies Recipe

4.25 from 4 votes

Our lactation cookies recipe is not only easy to make they're also the best lactation cookies recipe we've ever tried. Filled with healthy ingredients like brewers yeast, oatmeal, quinoa, flaxseed, and pumpkin seeds, some of the best foods for breastfeeding!

Prep Time5

Cook Time12

Total Time17

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 291kcal

Author: Courtney

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup brewers yeast
1/8 cup ground flaxseed
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups rolled oats
1/8 cup pumpkin seeds chopped
1/2 - 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Using a stand mixer combine the butter, sugars and vanilla.
In a separate bowl combine all of the dry ingredients, the whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, brewers yeast, flaxseed, and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and also add in the egg.
Fold in the oats, seeds, and chocolate chips and mix just until the dough forms.
Chill the dough for 2 hours (or more!)
Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool on a wire cooling rack.

Notes

We recommend rolling the cookies into balls then flattening into a cookie shape, not pancake flat.

If you notice the cookies aren't getting flat enough take a metal spatula and press them down about 10-12 minutes in.

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