LACTATION COOKIES

A little info on this recipe... it's not one of our freezer club meals, but it's a great recipe and freezes well in dough or baked form. And, we're all moms of preschoolers & babies.... something like this is helpful ;-)  It does work for lactation increase. But they're also great "healthy" cookies to give kids & hubby - they taste great! I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to "icky" sounding ingredients... but I promise, you can't taste them - they're just really good cookies!

* Makes 40 cookies

1 C butter 

1 C sugar 

1 C brown sugar 

4 T water 

2 T flaxseed meal (no substitutions) 

2 Lg eggs 

1 teaspoons vanilla 

2 teaspoons cinnamon 

2 C flour 

1 teaspoons baking soda 

1 teaspoons salt 

3 C Thick cut oats (Old fashioned oats are OK)

2 C Chocolate chips 

2 T Brewers Yeast (or nutritional yeast)

Cooking Directions:

* Mix 2 T of flaxseed meal and water, set aside 3-5 minutes. 

* Cream butter and sugar.

* Add eggs. 

* Stir flaxseed mix into butter mix, add vanilla and cinnamon. 

* Beat until well blended. Sift: dry ingredients, except oats and choc chips. 

* Add butter mix to dry ingredients. 

* Stir in the oats and then the choc chips. 

* Drop on parchment paper on baking sheet. Bake 8-12 minutes at 375 degrees.

Freezing Directions:

* Once cool, freeze in air tight container

* OR freeze balls of dough on a cookie sheet - once frozen, put them in a freezer bag. Then you can make a few at a time when needed.

Reheating Directions:

* Let thaw on counter or microwave for a few seconds if already baked.

* If raw dough, take a couple out of freezer and bake at 375 for 10 minutes - watch them carefully so they don't burn.

NOTE: These cookies tend to dry out after 24 hours - even in an airtight container. Slip a slice of bread in with the cookies, it will keep them moist (the bread will dry out instead). 

* Improved upon from an epicurious.com recipe