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Nutritious Lactation Bars

What's in it for mom and baby?

For mom, the cookies may help with milk production as well as they are loaded with fiber, folate, iron, omega 3 fatty acid, protein, calcium, potassium, vitamin B6, and antioxidants.

For baby - all the seeds and nuts, have a huge impact on the TYPE of healthy fat your baby is getting. These omega 3 fatty acids have been shown to help with baby's brain development.

Course Snack
Author Allegra Gast, RDN, IBCLC

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup Steel cut oats
  • 1 cup Pitted dates
  • 3 Bananas
  • 1 cup Walnuts
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Almonds
  • 1/4 cup Sunflower seeds
  • 2 tbsp Brewer's yeast
  • 1 tbsp Chia seeds
  • 1 tbsp Flaxseed
  • 1 cup Dark chocolate chips (vegan chocolate chips)
  • 1 cup craisins

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees

  2. Place in a food processor the dates, walnuts, almonds, and sunflower seeds and blend until a mealy/crumbly texture

  3. In a bowl, add the old fashioned oats, steel cut oats, bananas, and crumbly date/nut mixture, Then add the brewer's yeast, salt, flaxseed, chia seeds, dark chocolate chips, and craisins

  4. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 baking pan (its huge must to grease it, since there's no oil in the recipe)

  5. Pour the mixture into the baking sheet or pan and flatten out so all edges are covered.

  6. Bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on how gooey, soft, and moist you like them. (Since there's no egg you could potentially eat it uncooked).

Recipe Notes

If you want your cookies/bars to be more moist and soft, make overnight oats by placing the old fashioned oats, steel cut oats and almond milk in a bowl and cover then let sit in the fridge overnight until the oats have absorbed all the liquid. Then proceed using the moistened oats in the recipe.

You   can also add a variety of other foods or increase the amount of brewers yeast or add flaxseed meal as well - have fun with this recipe! I did