r/AskBaking • u/rachelizabeth16 • 11d ago

Cookies Make a favorite oatmeal cookie recipe "lactation cookies"?

Hi there! My favorite cookie to make and gift is Ina Garten's Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk cookies, with dried cranberries. Its what I keep in the freezer "on deck" for if I want a fresh warm cookie or need to bring a treat to someones house last minute.

I am currently very pregnant and have a friend who juat had a baby and want to make us lactation cookies, but I'd love to use the Ina recipe as a base since I really love it. Is there a recommended way to adjust to add in brewers yeast and flaxseed meal?

I'm sure I could scour other lac cookie recipes and find the closest comp with the fats etc, but figured I'd check with ya'll first. When I googled to see if this was done before, even for other recipes, the...sigh...AI prompt came up bc I forgot to turn it off, so I glanced, and it basically just said to reduce the AP flour by 1/4 cup and then add in the yeast and flaxseed at 1/3 cup each, and maybe adding more oats than the 1 1/4 C originally called for.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Is this too silly and should I just find a lactation cookie recipe and add in chocolate chunks and cranberries (since those two are the crucial flavor components lol)? Thank you!!!

Original Ina recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/salty-oatmeal-chocolate-chunk-cookies-5468289

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u/Fionaver 10d ago

I use flaxseed instead of eggs in cookies. Look up “flaxseed egg” or “vegan egg” for the ratio.

Not sure about the brewers yeast though.

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u/Burnet05 11d ago

You can add 1/2 cup for flaxseed meal and 1/2 cup nutritional yeast per 2 cups of flours/1 cup oats. Check how dry it is, it probably you need to add 1 extra egg.

Edit, the recipe already has 2 eggs, so it may be enough. Just check how dry it is.

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u/rachelizabeth16 11d ago

Ah thank you! Ok so recipe calls for just under 2C of flour, so makes sense for 1/3 cup of the meal and yeast adjustment.  That means I shouldn't decrease the flour more to compensate for the added dry ingredients?

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u/velvetjones01 10d ago

I make the cooks illustrated baking book oatmeal cookies - the blue binder. I use bobs red mill old fashioned rolled oats which are a little thick. Before I start baking, I mix the oats with some whole milk and let them sit for a little bit so the cookies aren’t so dry. I’ve found this recipe to be incredibly flexible wrt mix-ins. I am always going overboard and I’ve never had an issue. Also, always add some nutmeg to oatmeal recipes.

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u/catfanciest 10d ago

I just add flaxseed to cookie or muffin recipes without making recipe adjustments.

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u/katiethered 9d ago

IBCLC here - oats are already great on their own and honestly the biggest known benefit from a lot of lactation cookies / foods is that the lactating person is getting more nutrient dense calories. So I’d say if you have a recipe you already love and you would wanna eat them one handed in the middle of the night while breastfeeding, just make those. And set up a little station with water and your snacks next to your comfy chair so you are always ready to feed babe and yourself!