Belly Belly Lactation Cookies:
Approx 48 cookies
Ingredients:
•1 cup butter or margarine (250g)
•1 & 1/2 cups brown sugar (250g)
•4 tablespoons water
•2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (can be found at any local health food store)
•2 large eggs
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•2 cups plain flour (300g)
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
•1 cup or more chocolate chips/sultanas/almonds/macadamia nuts (whatever you like)
•2-4 tablespoons of brewers yeast (be generous
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 180C or 160C FF
2. Combine flaxseed meal with water and set aside
3. Place cubed butter in TMX and cream 30sec sp 4
4. Add brown sugar and cream 1min sp4 - I had one scrape down half way
5. Add the eggs, vanilla and flaxseed meal and mix 30sec sp4
6. Add flour, baking powder, brewers yeast and mix 30sec sp5
7. Add oats and choc chips - knead 1min (just check, might need longer)
8. Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls onto lined baking tray and bake for 10-15 mins (small ones took 10 in my oven, large 15)
Personally have found these great for boosting milk supply (you eat 1-2 each breast feed) and they taste quite yummy, dark choc and orange zest were my favourite - the whole family was eating them. I found the brewers yeast in a health food shop and you can also get it in homebrew sections of target/big W etc, the flaxseed meal was from coles. So if you know someone who could use them - whip them up a batch (the last thing you want to do is bake with a new baby).
