Lactation Cookie Recipe
Healthy organic lactation cookies for mothers and the entire family
Hi everyone! How are you doing? I'm reflecting on a very full and transformative week and feel in the mood for fun and treats to start the weekend off to a nourishing, relaxing start. So, I thought I’d share a new original twist on a tried-and-true classic oatmeal cookies recipe with you that’s perfect for the whole family to enjoy!
Several postpartum mothers in my healthcare practice along with their partners and children taste tested these Ayurvedic and herbal medicine infused lactation cookies, encouraging me to share the recipe. I sincerely hope you love them, too!
As you all may know, rest assured my cooking philosophy includes thoughtfully choosing *every* ingredient to be healthy, nutritious, organic/wildcrafted and decadent! I believe in marrying nutritious foods with deliciousness and wouldn’t have it any other way.
The inspiration for this recipe came from seeing so many lactation cookie options with gluten, which is hard to digest, and only highlighting brewer’s yeast as a galactagogue addition. But rarely did they include any galactagogue herbs that significantly enhance breast milk quality and production. I feel that families are missing out on the healing benefits of galactagogue herbs, which are super easy and beneficial to incorporate into postpartum life. Plus, these are GF.
Lactation cookies can be a wonderful go-to for years while breastfeeding. Ideally, start them along with any other nourishing galactagogues in the third trimester before baby comes. This will help your transition to breastfeeding be much smoother, preparing you to be healthy and ready well in advance.
This is also a fabulous gift idea to share throughout the breastfeeding years with anyone in your life! I’ve often listened to stories of breast milk starting to dry up after 6-12 months, so this is a great choice to support those times. Perfect for a middle of the night feeding boost, keeping mama happy, balancing vata dosha (the biological energy, dosha, arising from air and space/ether elements that exists within our physical bodies as a key determinant of our current state of health) and restoring body tissues.