This Monster Oatmeal Lactation Cookie Bar recipe is delicious, easy to make, and your whole family will love them! They have three milk-boosting ingredients – oatmeal, brewer’s yeast, and flaxseed – that can help you pump more milk.
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I love cookie bar recipes because it’s so much easier to just press all the cookie dough into a pan rather than roll out tons of little balls and manage multiple baking sheets. (Especially when you’re baking during your baby’s nap and have limited time to get these made!)
These bars were inspired from this recipe from Half-Baked Harvest. I just made a few changes to add as many galactagogues as I could without affecting the taste.
A few tips for making this lactation cookie bar recipe:
- When I make recipes that have oats, I usually fold them in with a spoon after beating everything else together in the electric mixer. In this case, I would recommend mixing them in with the mixer as described in the recipe; the stickiness of the dough makes it hard to distribute the oats evenly with a spoon.
- You can use two cups of any mix of chocolate chips/M&Ms/Reese’s Pieces that you’d like.
- The dough is so sticky that stirring the chocolate chips and candy in can be a challenge. If the bowl is too small, the candy will go flying everywhere, so use a larger bowl if possible.
Can you substitute rolled oats, old fashioned oats, or steel cut oats?
I liked these best with quick cooking oats, but both rolled oats and old fashioned oats will work great.
Steel cut oats have a different texture and nutritional profile. If you try it, let me know how it goes!
What if I don’t have brewer’s yeast?
The easiest way to get brewer’s yeast is on amazon. However, if you want to make it without brewer’s yeast, you’ll still get a benefit from the other two galactagogues in the recipe. You can substitute three tablespoons of flour for the three tablespoons of brewer’s yeast.
Enjoy!
Monster Oatmeal Lactation Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup oats quick cooking
- 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp brewer's yeast
- 2 tbsp flax seed ground
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup M&Ms or Reese's Pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 pan with butter, cooking spray, or line with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, beat all ingredients except the chocolate chips and M&Ms until everything is combined. Then stir in the chip and candy.
- Pour the dough into the prepared dish and press it down so it is evenly distributed.
- Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes until the edges are set and the dough appears golden.
