Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of softened butter
• 3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
• 1/3 cup of water
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup of whole ground flax seed
• 1 3/4 cups of rolled oats
• 1 12 ounce package of chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
2. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Combine the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, nutritional yeast, and water in a large bowl.
4. Mix the wet ingredients until creamy.
5. Beat in the eggs.
6. Add the ground flax seed into the wet ingredients. Combine thoroughly.
7. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
8. Fold in the rolled oats and chocolate chips.
9. Drop 1 inch balls of the cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet.
10. Bake for 12 minutes.
11. Allow the cookies to cool slightly before removing from the cookie sheet.
12. Store the peanut butter chocolate chip lactation cookies in an airtight container.

 

Image Credits

Whole Wheat Flour © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Baking Soda © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Cinnamon © 2012 Heather Johnson
Softened Butter © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Peanut Butter © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Brown Sugar © 2012 Heather Johnson
Flax Seeds © 2012 Heather Johnson
Ground Flax Seed © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Eggs © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Flax Seed © 2012 Heather Johnson
Wet Ingredients for Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Dry Ingredients to the Wet Ingredients © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Rolled Oats © 2012 Heather Johnson
Folding in the Chocolate Chips © 2012 Heather Johnson
Raw Lactation Cookies Cookie Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Baking the Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Baked Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson