Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies {4 Ingredients!}
These easy strawberry oatmeal cookies are soft, chewy, and LOADED with fresh strawberries! Healthy enough for breakfast, these strawberry cookies are flourless and made with no added sugar, but you’d never tell! 4 ingredients and ready in 12 minutes.
Healthy Strawberry Cookies
We love starting our days with healthy cookies! Our favorites include blueberry breakfast cookies, flourless breakfast cookies, and these strawberry oatmeal cookies.
Breakfast cookies are my new favorite way to use up fresh strawberries. I’ve been meaning to develop a strawberry oatmeal cookies recipe, especially after an abundance of both old fashioned oats and strawberries.
These soft and chewy strawberry cookies are loaded with strawberry flavor, and completely naturally sweetened. They are hearty, filling, and keep you satisfied for hours! They also happen to be completely vegan, gluten free, and dairy free!
How to make strawberry oatmeal cookies
Adding fresh strawberries and baking them into cookies was a fantastic way to use them up. They also provide extra moisture (perfect for softer cookies!) and some natural sweetness. When paired with the mashed banana base, you’d easily satisfy the sweet tooth.
The Ingredients
- Rolled oats– Gives the cookies the chewy texture. I opted to use gluten free rolled oats, to keep them gluten free.
- Peanut butter– Use a no added sugar brand, and ensure it is smooth and drippy in texture. You can also use almond butter or cashew butter.
- Banana– The riper the banana, the sweeter your strawberry cookies will be!
- Strawberries– Chop the strawberries finely, so they are evenly dispersed within the cookies. Reserve a few to top the cookies with!
- Chocolate Chips– Optional, but highly recommended!
The Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 175C/350F. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or use a Silpat cookie sheet. Set aside.
- Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, combine all your ingredients, except for your chocolate chips, and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold in your chocolate chips.
- Step 3: Form 16 small balls of cookie dough. Place each ball on the lined tray or cookie sheet and press each one in a cookie shape. If desired, top with extra chocolate chips. Bake the cookies for 15-20 minutes, or until golden on the edges.
- Step 4: Allow the cookies to cool on the tray/sheet for 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Can I use frozen strawberries?
Fresh strawberries are preferred, but frozen strawberries can also be used. I prefer the former as I’ve found the frozen kind tends to be less sweet.
If you use frozen strawberries, be sure to thaw them out completely, and use a paper towel to remove any extra moisture.
Strawberry Oatmeal Cookie Tips
- Do not overbake the cookies, as the exterior will become overly hard and the center be rubbery. Start checking the cookies around the 12-minute mark and remember, they continue to cook while cooling down.
- Either old fashioned oats (rolled oats) or quick oats can be used. Old fashioned oats will yield chewier cookies and instant oats will be lighter and a little softer in the center.
- These cookies aren’t overly sweet and rely on the strawberries, banana and chocolate chips for sweetness. Feel free to add some liquid stevia or maple syrup for extra sweetness.
- Use a combination of mini chocolate chips and standard chocolate chips, for the best texture.
- Keep these cookies nut free, and sub out the peanut butter for sunflower seed butter. You can also replace it with tahini or wow butter.
Storing and freezing strawberry oatmeal cookies
- To store: These healthy strawberry cookies are eggless and aren’t the best to keep at room temperature. Store leftover cookies in the refrigerator and keep them refrigerated until ready to enjoy. They will keep fresh (in a sealed container) for up to 1 week.
- To freeze: Healthy strawberry cookies are freezer friendly and will keep well frozen for up to 1 month. Keep them stored in ziplock bags.
More Easy HEALTHY Cookie recipes
- Best chocolate chip cookies
- Flourless Breakfast Cookies
- Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Coconut No Bake Cookies
- No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats gluten free, if needed
- 2 large bananas mashed
- 1/4 cup strawberries chopped
- 1/2 cup almond butter can sub for any nut or seed butter of choice
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips of choice optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175C/350F. Line a large tray with parchment paper or prepare a Silpat cookie sheet. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all your ingredients, except for your chocolate chips, and mix well. Fold through your chocolate chips.
- Form 16 small balls of dough and place each one on the lined tray/cookie sheet. Press each ball into a cookie shape. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden on the edges.
- Remove from the oven and allow cooling on the tray/sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Can’t wait to try these !
Hope you enjoy it!
I just made a modified version of this (half almond flour & half oats, half peanut butter half almond butter) and my two toddlers (ages 2&3) are already on their second ones!!
So great to hear that! 🙂
I made these today, and they are really good!! I did half oatmeal and half almond flour (because I didn’t have enough oatmeal). I used a little more strawberries and chocolate chips. I did add some pure maple syrup (1/8 cup) as well. The cookies are not overly sweet, which is really nice, as is the combo of strawberry & chocolate 🙂 I will definitely make these again. Thank you for the recipe.
Thanks for the feedback, Terry- Appreciate it!
Oops! Oats (not oatmeal)!
Could the peanut butter be replaced with something else?
Yes, almond butter or sunflower seed butter.
Absolutely love these cookies! Although if you want a smaller alternative rather than a big batch, half the recipe but it’s the best breakfast idea ever!
Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Have you ever replaced the banana with applesauce? If so how much?
I have! Start with 1 cup of applesauce and add more as needed!
i absolutely love these cookies! they’re my go to snack/breakfast. although they aren’t filling, the flavors are amazing!
Can cranberries be substituted for the strawberries?
Sure can!
These were a hit with my kids! Thwy were easy to make, too. Thanks!
Have you ever used powder peanut butter to reduce fat? I could add water to it and make the 1/2 measurement of peanut butter for this recipe. I’m wondering how it would work in this recipe…hmmm …any thoughts?
Haven’t tried!
These are amazing! Definitely will make again!!
These cookies look delish. Love the strawberries & chocolate chips. The bananas and peanut butter, not so much. Very not so much. Saw the apple sauce substitution suggestion for the banana. Curious if there’s anything else that could sub as a replacment for the peanut butter besides the almond butter (still tastes nutty) or the sunflower seed butter – seeing conflicting taste reviews – some say it doesn’t taste like peanut butter, but like sunflower seeds, which could be ok. Others say it’s an excellent substitute for those who love peanut butter but can’t eat it. I’m not an experienced baker or familiar with substitutions, so suggestions are greatly appreciated 🙂
You can try tahini or sunflower seed butter.
Finally got around to giving this a go this morning! Kids and parents alike loved them! We substituted strawberries for 1/2 cup of blueberries! Loved them!
They look delicious, I can’t wait to make them and I can’t wait to try them. A healthy breakfast that I can make ahead of time and eat on the go is always a plus. 😊 I do have to tell you however, that you mention 5 ingredients, not 4.😉
Chocolate chips are optional 🙂 enjoy this 4 ingredient recipe 🙂