Cookies that help up milk supply

Thanks NitaC, but I cant eat anything that contains a cup of butter..

“My boobs are spraying like a fire hose. I am waking up wet in the night in a way I haven’t since the early durly days. They are mental.” — audax
This recipe is ideal for breastfeeding mothers who want to maintain their milk supply or for increasing breastmilk supply. You can also safely eat these cookies during pregnancy in preparation for breastfeeding.
If you are pregnant, be sure to bake them and not eat the dough due to the raw egg.
If you are breastfeeding, try eating the dough as well as the cookies, as it seems to be even more effective at increasing supply, possibly 10 fold more than the cookies – and it’s delicious!
“YES, they DO WORK! I’ve found them especially helpful for afternoons and evenings when bub is cluster feeding and I seem to be all out of liquid gold – munch a couple of bikkies, have a big drink of water or milk (yum!) and you can feel your boobies expanding with fresh milk” — Glamourcide

Lactation Cookies Recipe

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 1 & 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal (can be found at any local health food store)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups oats, thick cut if you can get them
• 1 cup or more chocolate chips/sultanas/almonds/macadamia nuts (whatever takes your fancy)
• 2-4 tablespoons of brewers yeast (be generous)

IMPORTANT! Do not substitute the brewers yeast… that’s the ingredient which makes them work.
If you don’t notice much of an increase the first time or if you need to increase your supply even more, add more brewers yeast.

Variation Ideas

Our members have made variations to this recipe by using these delicious combinations:
• Coconut and banana
• Choc chip and cranberry
• Dried apricot and white chocolate
• Apple cinnamon: 1 tsp cinnamon instead of vanilla, 1/2 cup chopped dried apple and 1/2 cup sultanas.
BellyBelly member audux also added 2 tbsp stewed apple to experiment and found the cookies to turn out lovely and moist.
“I made a batch yesterday morning, I’ve had to get up this early to express, I woke up feeling very full and leaky and uncomfortable!! So they have definitely made a difference” — eza

Method

Preparation time is around 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
1) Mix together 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and water, set aside for 3-5 minutes.
2) Cream (beat well) margarine and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mix well.
3) Stir flaxseed mixture and add with vanilla to the margarine mix. Beat until blended.
4) Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips.
5) Add to margarine mixture. Stir in oats then chips.
6) Scoop or drop onto baking sheet, preferably lined with parchment. Because the dough is a little crumbly, it might be easier if you use a scoop.
Bake for 8-12 minutes, depending on size of cookies. Makes approximately 6 dozen cookies.

Where to Get Brewers Yeast
You can get brewers yeast from health food stores, in the home brew section of your local Big W or in health food isles of supermarkets. It’s a bit cheaper to buy brewers yeast from supermarkets than from health food stores or home-brew suppliers.
“I love these things!! Made a heap yesterday, and ate some dough as well, oh yum! First time in a week i’ve been full, and bubs got boobie drunk!” — sarah 87

Other Things To Help With Your Supply:
• Remember to keep up your water intake, as this can make a big difference. Have a glass of water next to you every time you breastfeed (right next to your cookies!)
• Fennel tea can also be used to help increase supply
• Fenugreek can also be used to increase supply, however if you’re thinking of adding it into the cookie recipe, BellyBelly member entreat has this warning: “Do not add ground fenugreek unless you have some serious sugar to counteract the bitter flavour! I wasted a whole batch.”