Okay, y’all… If you’re looking for an amazing tried & true chocolate chip cookie recipe, THIS IS IT! What’s more: I’ve added some awesome ingredients for milk support, so that it’s good for Mama AND baby!
These cookies are great for encouraging milk production because of the oats(boosts supply), dark chocolate(boosts supply), coconut oil & optional nuts (for good, healthy fat) and the maple syrup (as long as one with milk-encourging Fenugreek, the *natural flavor* many syrups contain, is used- if you’re not looking for helping a nursing mama, these cookies are great with 1 cup granulated & 1 cup brown sugars in place of the maple syrup/regular sugar, too!) If you’re REALLY trying to boost your supply, consider also adding brewer’s yeast & substituting flax seed for eggs. For more information on what’s good/not good to do & eat while nursing, please visit Le Leche League (or find a meeting locally, they are very welcoming & have tons of information and help available).
You’ll need:
- 1 stick or 1/2 a cup of Butter or Earth Balance (I like the soy-free best)
- 1/2 a cup of your shortening of choice: I typically use palm shortening or coconut oil, but you can also use vegetable shortening, too!
- 2 cups of granulated sugar or coconut sugar (or, try this if you can’t decide!)
- 1-2 teaspoons Maple Syrup (I use the Madhava brand, because it’s sweetened with agave)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (if you haven’t ever tried this, a little goes a loonnnggg way & you can thank me later)
- 2 large eggs OR 2 Flax Eggs
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour(or, you can use 1 cup of oat & 1 cup of almond flour if you’re about that GF life)
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. baking powder (yes, they’re different. yes, use both! GF mama’s, be aware that many baking powders are not GF. Also, some baking powders do come into contact with corn which you may be trying to avoid. I did some research, and found this bad boy: Pamela’s Baking Powder, which is certified GF & states corn-free right on the package!)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 3/4 cups of rolled oats
- 1 cup of dark chocolate chips {soy-free/dairy-free mamas, the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips are free of it all, and still delicious! If you’re not a stickler about soy lecithin (which I usually am, because COME ON would it kill them to use sunflower lecithin as an emollient for us soy intolerant people?!), Lily’s are delicious but not soy-free.}
Please, let us know what you think! As always, Mom Famiglia, stay strong & mom on… you’ve got this!
Don’t feel like making your own? Try these delicious little treats:
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