How To: Homemade Teething Cookies

A precious kiss between father and baby boy captured on film? Sort of. The real story behind this picture is that our first son was teething and was trying to bite his daddy's cheek! We're now in the teething stage again with baby #2. Beyond the usual teething toys, a cold wash cloth, and an unlucky finger, we were looking for something else he could chew on. A friend shot us an email with this great recipe for homemade teething cookies from Daily Candy.

You'll need to gather the following ingredients:

½ c. oil
2 egg yolks
2 mashed bananas
½ c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. baking soda
2 tbsp. flax seed meal (optional)

Check out Daily Candy for the directions. The recipe yields about a dozen cookies. Happy chewing!

Comments (6)

frozen bagels also work! at least for my boy. hes 15mths old now with 16 teeth... teething has been a big problem... the bagels and frozen washcloths helped the most.

posted by eribear12 on January 13th 2009 at 4:00pm
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Really, sugar? The bananas don't make it sweet enough?

posted by girlwithgreencard on January 13th 2009 at 5:03pm
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Lovely picture :)

posted by Ferdinand on January 13th 2009 at 7:07pm
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My son loved the Buffalo News classic cinnamon-orange recipe but I used 2 egg yolks instead of the whole egg because of the egg white allergy warnings.
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/teethingbiscuits.htm

posted by Si on January 13th 2009 at 9:59pm
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Great ideas. Love the frozen bagel idea.

posted by Marie @ Make and Takes on January 14th 2009 at 1:48pm
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um, why give us the ingredient list and not the whole recipe?

posted by saltyc on January 14th 2009 at 11:08pm
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