Mama Bear Oatmeal Cookies (Healthy, Flourless, Vegan)

Lactation cookies we can all enjoy!

This is a very special recipe comin’ at ya! These healthified beauties are for everyone, but especially my mama friends who have hungry teeny tiny littles at home. I’ll keep it brief:

Info for the Mamas:

Several ingredients in these cookies have been scientifically shown to be helpful in breastmilk production. Ingredients like oatmeal and flax seed have long been used to help with increasing milk supply, though little research has been done on this topic. Fortunately, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, found in yeast products, has been shown in studies to help with milk production. Recipes for lactation foods will typically call for brewers yeast – but you can also substitute about half or so of active dry yeast too! So if your recipe calls for 3 Tbsp of brewers yeast, you can substitute about 1 ½ Tbsp of active dry yeast instead. Active dry yeast tends to be cheaper and it’s also an item we’re more likely to already have around the house! Save those pennies for that college fund…

Info for the average cookie lover (like meee!):

These cookies TASTE LIKE DECADANT OATMEAL COOKIES. These are not healthy cookies that taste like compromise. When it comes to cookies, I don’t do compromise. I do chewy, I do sweet, and I do delicious. I promise, these fit the cookie bill!

The best part of all? This recipe can be made refined sugar-free and flourless. Win!

Okay, now to the recipe:

Recipe:

You'll Need:

Wet Ingredients:

3 Tbsp coconut oil

¼ cup butter (or more coconut oil)

¼ cup coconut sugar

½ cup brown sugar (or substitute unrefined sweetener of choice, such as stevia)

1 egg (or flax egg)

2 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:

1 2/3 cups rolled oats

½ cup flour (can sub 1/4 cup oat flour to make flourless cookies)

1/3 cup oat flour

1 tsp active dry yeast

2 Tbsp milled or ground flax seed

¼ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp salt

¾ cup Lily's dark chocolate chips

Cream the butter and coconut oil together in stand mixer until smooth. Add both sugars and beat until well blended. Add egg and mix to combine. Add the vanilla and beat once more, scraping down the sides of the bowl if necessary.

In a separate bowl, combine the oats, flours, yeast, flax seed, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add to wet mixture and mix until just combined – do not beat. Gently stir in chocolate chips.

Drop tablespoon-sized balls of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes, or until bottoms just start to brown. Be sure to freeze a few! Store in an airtight container.

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