Doularama » cookie recipe http://doularama.com a weblog on doulaing, mothering & other adventures by DoulaRina Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:04:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Labor-Inducing Cookie Recipe http://doularama.com/2010/03/labor-inducing-cookie-recipe/ http://doularama.com/2010/03/labor-inducing-cookie-recipe/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:20:01 +0000 doularama http://doularama.com/?p=333 I loved being pregnant and was never in a hurry to be done with it.  Many women, however, are eager for labor to begin and so it is easy to find advice on how to induce labor.   There are lots of things to try, some safer than others.  Ultimately, they won’t work unless your baby is really ready to come out.  Spicy food is supposed to induce labor, probably because of the way it will stimulate your bowels.  If you’re not prone to heartburn, I say this is a good excuse to eat a plate of cookies.  Alas, I do miss the days of pregnancy!


2 ½ C flour

1 ½  t baking soda

¾  t cinnamon

1 t ground ginger

½  t ground cloves

½  t salt

½  t cayenne pepper

8  T butter

½  C  sugar

1 C brown sugar

1/3 C molasses

¼  C egg whites


Preheat oven to 350°. Combine flour, baking soda and spices and set

aside. Cream the butter and sugars together. Add the molasses to the creamed

butter, then add the egg whites until combined. Add the dry ingredients

slowly. Once incorporated, roll dough into 1 inch balls and place onto

baking tray. Bake 8-10 minutes.   Recipe by Gale Gand.

Cool.  Eat.  Hope for a baby.

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