Ingredients
36 portion(s)
Lactation Cookies
- 1 tablespoon Flaxseed or linseed meal
- 2 tablespoons water
- 110 grams Butter
- 110 grams raw sugar
- 110 grams firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla paste or extract
- 170 grams plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 140 grams oats
- 150 grams Dark Choc Bits
- 2-4 tablespoons brewers yeast
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6
22min
Preparation 10minBaking/Cooking -
7
easy
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Recipe is created for
TM 31
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Recipe's preparation
Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Mix linseed meal and water in a small dish and let sit for 3-5 mins.
3. Cream butter and sugars for 1min 30sec, speed 4/5, scraping down the bowl once or twice.
4. Add egg, vanilla and linseed and mix for 40sec, speed 4/5. Scrape down bowl.
5. Add flour, yeast, soda and salt and mix for 30sec, speed 5.
6. Add oats and choc chips and mix for 40sec, "Counter-clockwise operation" , speed 2.
7. Scoop onto lined baking tray.
8. Bake for 12-15 mins.
9. Enjoy and make more milk
Lactation Cookies
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Tip
Brewers Yeast has quite a strong flavour which is why the recipe says 2-4 tablespoons. I personally add 3 heaped.
I like my cookies nice and chocolatey but you can halve the choc chips (or even add more!) and they are still yummy!
I empty the mixture into a separate bowl and then use a small (half size) metal icecream scoop to get the cookies all the same size.
The milk increasing (galactagogues) ingredients in the recipe are the oats, linseed and brewers yeast.
Bake for 12 mins for soft in the middle cookies, or a little longer if you like them crunchy.
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Comments
Add a commentWould love to make these gluten free for my...
Would love to make these gluten free for my cousin! If anyone has, what's the best flour to use?
Omg so yum! How many should you eat before a feed/...
Omg so yum! How many should you eat before a feed/ day? Can you freeze them and how?
Great for increasing milk production had two early...
Great for increasing milk production had two early evening & woke in the morning to having plenty of milk which lately I've been having some troubles.
I can't comment yet on milk production properties...
I can't comment yet on milk production properties but just on taste alone, these were so good. I made the dough prior to the birth of bub and froze it so defrosted a roll and baked them. Even hubby likes the taste of them. Will definitely be making these often and hope they do work well for milk supply.
Great recipe! I reduced the sugar by half, and...
Great recipe! I reduced the sugar by half, and substituted the dark chocolate with dried cranberries and white chocolate instead. It was still sweet enough. Delicious!
Have also noticed and increase supply by having...
Have also noticed and increase supply by having 2-3 a day. Tasted like normal choc chip cookies to me!
garthandrea: I found 2 a day helped me!
garthandrea: I found 2 a day helped me!
Can these be frozen? Will it affect the milk...
Can these be frozen? Will it affect the milk properties?
how many should we have each day?
Delicious! Will reduce amount of sugar next time I...
Delicious! Will reduce amount of sugar next time I make these, or substitute ingredients as previously suggested by others. Hopefully it will help with my supply - only made them this afternoon.
Great recipe, very sweet. They worked for me...
Great recipe, very sweet. They worked for me increasing supply.
Thank you so much, what an awesome recipe! I made...
Thank you so much, what an awesome recipe! I made these yesterday - they are delicious and helped boost supply for me. I prefer these to the $20 tub Health Food store ones which had a strange flavour I thought. These were so nice and the recipe was very easy.
How many of these are you supposed to eat daily?
How many of these are you supposed to eat daily?
Andrea
Very good. Hopefully will help maintain a good...
Very good. Hopefully will help maintain a good supply.
Great recipe that really works! I did substitute...
Great recipe that really works! I did substitute quiet a fe of the ingredients with what I had in the pantry:
Instead of:
butter - coconut oil
Brown sugar - dates
egg - chia egg
Chocolate - sultanas
I used 2 heaped table spoons of the brewers yeast.
lol I know it seems like I changed the recipe all together, but I loved how this recipe was a great guide.
The dough was quiet sticky to form balls so I just used a small icecream scoop and popped it onto the baking tray. I didn’t attempt to flatten the cookies until they were baked for 10-12 mins and straight after they came out of the oven I flattened them with a spoon.
They came out so delicious, chewy because of the dates and you couldn’t even taste the brewers yeast. Everyone loves them, even though they are lactation cookies, but what’s incredible is that I believe they really work.
I was having issues with my supply, bubs seemed constantly hungry the last week, having eaten these I feel like my supply is back up again, and I leaked heaps after only a couple of days eating them. Now I feel like I have an over supply in the early mornings, so I need to slow down.
These are so good! I have made them three times...
These are so good! I have made them three times now for my DIL and they don't dissapoint, everyone eats them now! I only used two level tablespoons of yeast and that's perfect for us as it tasted too yeasty for our liking. I cut the sugars to 50g each. Perfect thank you so much for sharing 😊
I grate the zest of half an orange at the start...
I grate the zest of half an orange at the start and add that in to help add flavour and reduce yeasty taste
Love this recipe The batch makes quite a lot but...
Love this recipe!! The batch makes quite a lot but they didnt last long here. About to make another batch
These are amazing they taste like anzac biscuits...
These are amazing they taste like anzac biscuits but without the golden syrup taste.
Dont double the batch though i learnt the hard way hahah #thermifail
Seriously yum!!! Did lessen
Seriously yum!!! Did lessen the sugar by 20g of each and still yummy. Might try to lessen it further next time if lactation cookies work.
These are great definitely
These are great definitely helped increase supply. I also added 1/2 tsp of ground fenugreek as I've heard that helps supply and halved the chocolate and sub for sultanas was a winner. really tasty. Thank you.
I think these helped with my
I think these helped with my milk supply for my twins. They are delicious with chocolate chips but also good with sultanas instead and it's a bit healthier.
Most health food stores carry
Most health food stores carry it
Can anyone tell me where i
Can anyone tell me where i can get Brewers yeast from?
These taste so good and are
These taste so good and are so easy to make. If I'm feeling tired or run down and my supply has taken a hit, a few of these really work. Only problem is everyone else likes them too so they never last
I'm addicted to these!! Some
I'm addicted to these!! Some days when I'm struggling to even make myself some lunch, I just grab a cookie or 2 instead.
Very yummy, not sure if they
Very yummy, not sure if they increase my supply but I think they help maintain it as I'm noticing a difference now I have run out. Will be making my third batch in the morning!
they also freeze really well so info this in three lots so they stay fresh
Loving this recipe! Delicious
Loving this recipe!
Delicious (the whole family loves them) and easy as well as being pretty healthy - thank you.
Great recipe!! I made a batch
Great recipe!! I made a batch for my sister and she loved them And said they seem to have helped with her milk supply. I didn't use choc chips I used cranberries as suggested in previous comments. I must admit they taste great as I had to taste test before handing them over, as did my husband
Yum! Easy and delicous. I
Yum!
Easy and delicous. I used 150g sugar and medjool dates as the add ins and found these bikkies plenty sweet enough. Definitely reduce sugar if you don't like things super sweet. I substituted the egg for a tbl sp of chia seeds soaked for a few minutes in four tbl sp water. Also used wholemeal flour and doubled the flax meal. Made heaped table spoons into balls, flattened slightly and baked for 13 mins, worked out perfectly- nice and chewy.
Older kids enjoying them too.
So simple to make and they
So simple to make and they actually work!
These are the best. Two days
These are the best. Two days post c-section, ate three of these. Had a nap and woke up with milk. two,prior c-sections and milk didn't come through until day 5 with both!! Love these and will recommend to every new mother. Thank you for the recipe!!!
Great recipe which does
Great recipe which does appear to have worked at increasing my milk. Delicious and effective, love it!
Very nice
Very nice
Great recipe! Unfortunately
Great recipe! Unfortunately the whole family likes them!
I made these with spelt
I made these with spelt flour, and added sultanas, dried cranberries, slivered almonds and pine nuts! It bulked up the mix, giving me at least 30 bikkies which have a bit more protein to satisfy the rumbles during my midnight feed. I'm going to reduce the sugar a bit next time because the fruit adds some sweetness, but these are so yummy I even serve them up to my unwitting visitors with a cuppa and get rave reviews
Great recipe - easy to follow
Great recipe - easy to follow and lovely cookies. I flattened mine a little and the consistency is so much better than the last lactation cookie recipe I used! No noticeable difference in supply yet but only baked this arvo so will see
OMG YUM! The brewers yeast is
OMG YUM! The brewers yeast is quite strong. I added 3 quite generous tbsp so probably a bit too much. I thought the mixtre might be a bit too thick, but the smell while they were baking was devine and they turned out beautifully!
Very tasty! Unfortunately did
Very tasty! Unfortunately did not increase my supply
I am impressed. I used 180g
I am impressed. I used 180g brown sugar as didn't have raw sugar. Used self raising instead of the plain flour-baking soda combo. Used milk choc chips cuz I had them in the cupboard. Just delicious! Will be making again!!
These were great and to keep
These were great and to keep everyone else from eating them I said they were for Mummy only! I found it good to have when I was too busy to have morning tea or afternoon tea. The days I didn't have some the witching hour was far worse!
I absolutely love these!!
I absolutely love these!! Have made them so many times!
These are great! Instead of
These are great!
Instead of choc chips I used 50 grams dried cranberries as I was worried using choc chips would be counter productive (I've read chocolate can dry up your milk supply). The dried cranberries were a good substitute.
I would definitely cook these again and I agree the instructions are easy to read, thank you
I've made these twice now and
I've made these twice now and each time the cookies haven't lasted very long! Although they are intended for mummy, hubby and kids have all eaten them - and love them. I used 4 tablespoons of Brewers Yeast, only 100 - 125grams of choc bits, doubled the flaxseed and water mix and added some Chia seeds (my new favorite thing!) and they worked out a treat. I only got 24 biscuits (obviously I made mine a little larger) and cooked them for 13 minutes, they came out prefect. I'll be making these again and again, even when I'm not breast feeding, they just taste so yummy! Thanks for the recipe, we will continue to enjoy them in the times ahead!
These are fantastic. I used
These are fantastic. I used white bits this time and they are just as yummy!
Winner! I had so many
Winner! I had so many problems in the early days of breast-feeding with my first (as most of us do) that when I had my second 3 months ago I was extremely paranoid constantly about not having enough milk. I mentioned this to my child health nurse who gave me a non-thermomix lactation cookie recipe that another one of her clients swore by. I did a search through the Recipe Community and found a few recipe for lactation cookies but I think I went with this one because it most resembed the recipe given to me. They are delish and I swear they actually work. It makes a big batch and I freeze them giving myself 3 a day. With a toddler and other general life pressures I don't have time to rest as recommended (who does?) and I've noticed that on the days where I have the cookies my supply is much better. I swear it's true!
Also, kudos on the good instructions. One of my pet hates on this site are poor instructions. I don't put as much sugar in as stated in the recipe but the sweetness would depend on what you are putting in with them. Definetly with choc chips you don't need as much sugar.
Well done and thanks.