Monday, August 12, 2013

Amazing, Yummy, and Healthy Lactation Cookies (can be made non-lactation as well)

Recently I saw a posting about yummy lactation cookies and wanted to make them. I quickly realized that they were way too difficult with too many specific ingredients for me. If I have to go to more than one specialty store or can't find the majority of ingredients at HEB it's just not worth my limited time right now! To remedy my desire I researched a few key ingredients for lactation cookies and some healthy recipes and concocted one of my own. I used this recipe from Martha as my base for the recipe.
Here is my tweaked recipe:

  • 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  •   3/4 - 1 cup rolled oats (not quick-cooking)
  • Seasoning to taste (I used cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and cloves) 
  • 2-4 contents of fenugreek tablets (this is what makes it lactation so if that is not what you want leave this out!) for those of you that want the fenugreek I got mine at GNC  
  • few tablespoons of Local Honey 
  • 1/2 cup of your choice nuts or dried fruit (i used some almonds and pecans) 
 Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, spices, fenugreek contents (discard pill casings), and baking powder; set aside. Remember that the fenugreek adds a licorice bitter taste so you want to season to offset this.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together oil, sugar, egg, honey, and vanilla. Add flour mixture slowly, and stir to combine; mix in oats and nuts/fruits.
  3. Roll into balls; place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through if desired.

  4. Cool at least 2 minutes on sheets, then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

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