Lactation Cookies!

Yay... An excuse to eat something delicious. I have had to work very hard to express a sufficient amount of milk in order to be away from Otis for a 24 hour period. Tomorrow we are attending Renee and Todd's wedding, so he'll be spending the afternoon with his Nana, and then having a sleepover at Grandma and Poppy's! Don't know how excited he is about all this, but the exclamation marks may give you some idea of how thrilled Phil and I are about having some time out from being parents. I love, love, love him, but it will be such a relief to have some space.

Anyway, back to my EBM mission... I discovered this recipe:

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Lactation Boosting Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip & Linseed Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons linseed meal
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 I use a whole packet J) chocolate chips (milk or white chocolate both taste yummy)
2 tablespoons brewer’s yeast (be generous)

Preheat oven to 180c (fan forced) 200? (regular oven). Mix together 2 tbs of linseed meal and water. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mix well. Stir linseed mixture and add with vanilla to the butter mix. Beat until blended. Sift together dry ingredients, except oats and chips. Add to butter mixture. Stir in oats, then chips. Scoop or drop onto non stick baking sheet, or one lined with baking paper. Bake approximately 12 minutes.

Linseed meal can be found in the health food aisle of your supermarket or at health food stores. Brewer’s yeast can be found at health food stores. It MUST be brewer’s yeast - NO substitutions!

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So far so good... Other than the possibility of packing on the pounds, I am happy to munch on these morning, noon and night. Otis had some really long night feeds last night (usually only goes for 5 or so minutes during the night, last night did a 30 minute feed), so I think they are working. Longer, better feeds = fewer feeds and more sleep!

I am planning on making these for all those lovely expectant mothers when their babies arrive! (Yes, Ally, Lan, Emily, I'm talking about you...)