Peanut Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 cup of softened butter
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup of pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
• 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, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Combine the butter, olive oil, peanut butter, pumpkin, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and nutritional yeast 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 an ungreased 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 pumpkin chocolate chip lactation cookies in an airtight container.

Image Credits

Peanut Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies Recipe © 2012 Heather Johnson
Measuring the Whole Wheat Flour © 2012 Heather Johnson
Whole Wheat Flour, Baking Soda, Pumpkin Pie Spice, and Salt © 2012 Heather Johnson
Softened Butter © 2012 Heather Johnson
Butter and Olive Oil © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Peanut Butter © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Pumpkin Puree © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the White Sugar © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Brown Sugar © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Nutritional Yeast © 2012 Heather Johnson
Stirring in the Eggs © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Ground Flax Seed © 2012 Heather Johnson
Folding in the Oats © 2012 Heather Johnson
Folding in the Chocolate Chips © 2012 Heather Johnson
Baking the Lactation Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Unbaked Lactation Cookie © 2012 Heather Johnson
Baked Peanut Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookie © 2012 Heather Johnson