I’ve developed a delicious cookie recipe that produces cookies that are both soft and solid. These are intended for nursing mothers, but my entire family loves them. You can get rid of the brewer’s yeast if you don’t need them for lactation. Do not omit the following ingredients: flax meal, brewer’s yeast, coconut oil, and oats, which all aid to increase milk production during breastfeeding. Keep in a cookie container that is airtight. You can freeze dough.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 42 |
| Yield: | 3 1/2 dozen |
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup flaxseed meal
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ tablespoons vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup brewers’ yeast
- 1 tablespoon Himalayan pink salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups steel-cut oats
- 1 ½ cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix flaxseed meal and water together in a bowl; let sit for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Beat butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and coconut oil into the flaxseed mixture using an electric mixer until a dough forms. Add eggs and mix well. Pour in vanilla extract and mix to combine. Beat in brewer’s yeast, pink salt, and baking soda. Add in flour a little at a time on low speed. Stir in oats, chocolate chips, and cranberries.
- Scoop cookies onto a baking sheet, flattening a little so they are not balls.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set and golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
- You can use whole wheat flour or nut flour if you need to, although it may alter the texture a tad.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 200 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 19 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 194 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |