Pro-Metabolic Lactation Cookies

In the spirit of re-visiting some old blog recipes, I eat a little differently now than I used to and I needed to find a lactation cookie recipe without almond meal. Turns out, I like these even better than my old recipe!

Pro-Metabolic Lactation Cookies (makes about 24 cookies)

1 cup butter at room temp

1 cup organic white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 scoops collagen*

6 Tbs unfortified nutritional yeast or Brewer’s yeast**

1 1/2 cup cassava flour (or 2 cups white wheat flour)

2 cups organic quick oats

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 - 1 cup chocolate chips

*I like Perfect Supplements brand 

**Nutritional Yeast and Brewer's Yeast have different flavors. I recommend adding to the batter slowly and tasting as you go if you're not used to baking with either of these.

1. Cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and egg (don’t rush this step!)

2. Add nutritional yeast and collagen and stir until incorporated. 

3. Add cassava, oats, soda, salt, and mix well. Then fold in chocolate chips. 

4. Refrigerate dough for 30-60 minutes. (If you try skipping this step, let me know!)

5. Roll into balls and bake at 350F for 11-13 minutes.

For what it's worth, if you make 1 dozen cookies, each one contains 238 calories, 12g fat, 31g carbs, and 3.5g protein

FOR VARIETY:

Chocolate oat lactation cookies: Replace 2 Tbs cassava flour with 2 Tbs cocoa powder

Cinnamon raisin lactation cookies: Add 1 tsp cinnamon and replace chocolate chips with raisins

Gingerbread lactation cookies: Add 1 Tbs dried ginger, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 scant tsp cloves, and replace 1/4 cup of brown sugar with blackstrap molasses