Chocolate Oat Lactation Cookies

Method

Are you looking for a quick and easy lactation cookies recipe? Here is a how to make chocolate lactation cookies by nutritionist/dietitian Dr. Kelly Dale, using New Zealand's favourite homegrown oats. These cookies will aid your milk production needed by your newborn baby!

1. Preheat oven to 180˚Celsius. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

1. Place fennel seeds in a fry pan and toast on medium heat for a few minutes until lightly golden and fragrant. Cool.

1. Grind ½ cup of the oats and the fennel seeds into a flour. Do this by placing them in a high-speed blender or food processor.

1. In a bowl combine the ground flaxseed with the flour you just made and the remaining rolled oats. Add the coconut, salt, cinnamon and brewer’s yeast and mix.

1. In a food processor or blender process the dates and water till they form a paste. Then add the nut butter, olive oil, vanilla, and pulse.

1. Add the wet ingredients to the dry plus the honey and mix with a spoon until they are well combined.

1. If you wish to add choc chips or dried fruit, cut them small and add them at this point.

1. Take 1 dessert spoon of dough and roll into a ball. Place onto the baking tray and press down to form round cookies that are approx. 5mm thick.

1. Bake the cookies for 16 mins. Take them out of the oven and leave to cool.

1. Store in an airtight container for several weeks