Lactation Cookies

Made with brewer's yeast, flaxseed, and oats — ingredients traditionally linked to boosting milk supply — lactation cookies serve a dual purpose. Whether the galactagogue ingredients actually increase supply is debated, but the real value is giving a breastfeeding mother permission to eat cookies as a medical necessity. When you are running on no sleep and burning 500 extra calories a day, a delicious snack is its own form of medicine.