This is the best lactation cookie recipe that I've tried. It's chewy and chocolaty, and it doesn't skimp on the key lactation ingredients: oatmeal, brewer's yeast, flax, and walnuts.
They're great! I didn't have all the ingredients, so I substituted the shortening for coconut oil, replaced the chocolate chips with dark chocolate hazelnut bar, accidentally added some baking powder (lol), and a few extra oats. **Ooh, also, I did rounded dtsp, and it made waaay more than 36 cookies. :)
Read More They're great! I didn't have all the ingredients, so I substituted the shortening for coconut oil, replaced the chocolate chips with dark chocolate hazelnut bar, accidentally added some baking powder (lol), and a few extra oats. **Ooh, also, I did rounded dtsp, and it made waaay more than 36 cookies. :)
I don't use walnuts, so the batter is very thin like cake batter. I use another 2 cups of flour and bake as directed. They're super yummy!!
Used on hand and healthier coconut oil vs shortening, unsalted butter. Organic sugar had larger crystals than regular. Dark Chocolate chunks (Aldi) vs chocolate chips. Now brand Brewer's Yeast (less bitter on the label). Biggest hint I can tell you is to mix the water and flax seed meal, whisk it up, and immediately add it in with the other wet ingredients. I used a Pampered Chef tbs cookie scoop and the cookies stayed rounded and chewy. Very good. Next time I will try my cacao powder vs cocoa.
This is my first time baking cookies from scratch!! These are amazing and I will definitely be making more!!! So easy to do!! This recipe makes a good batch, also!!
I made a few alterations. I used almond extract instead of vanilla, and sense im diabetic i used truvia baking sugar and Hershey kitchen sugar free chocolate chips. Those are so good and do not taste sugar free. I love these cookies. I used the teaspoon to make the cookies. I probably used about 2tsp of mix per cookie. I ate a good 10-15 while cooking them and still had 45+ cookies
First lactation cookie recipe I tried and they turned out great. You definitely need the water due to the amount of ground flax seed. And only use the debittered version of Brewer’s Yeast, if not the cookies will have a noticeable off putting bitterness.
I made these for my daughter-in-law and out of the three types of lactation cookies I’ve made - these are the best. We kept some for ourselves. I didn’t have, nor did I know, if she liked nuts so I didn’t use them. Recipe was great as is. I kept water out in the beginning to see if too runny but ½ cup of water was perfect. I also liked it didn’t use as much brewers yeast like the other recipes. It seemed to leave an aftertaste.
