Healthy Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Cookie packed with flavor. Plus they’re vegan, gluten-free friendly, and refined sugar-free. The perfect snack or healthy start to your day.
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Hi friends 😀
Remember that one time I went to Whole Foods and I picked up a basket and I was good? Well last week I decided I’d do a little “fun” experiment with myself. I thought “Okay, Ashley… let’s see how good you can be with a cart today.”<- seriously the things I say to myself
Part of the reason I grabbed a cart instead of a basket was because I was feeling lazy, straight up. Then the other part of me saw my not-so-distant self struggling with a very over-loaded basket and I thought it best to avoid walking down the aisles lopsided. It’s not good for the hips, ya know?
Anyways…
I was bad, guys. BAD.
Okay I suppose I could have been worse. I didn’t actually fill the cart up entirely.
The problem was I was in my “pre-vacation shopping mode”, where I was picking up some things for our trip up north and I wanted to make sure we had some good snacks and whatnot. My first stop was the trail mix bulk bins. Then found myself getting super distracted at all of the snack bar options across the aisle. I kept thinking “Ashley, you make your own snacks” and I replied to myself “Meh” as I tossed a variety into my cart. Apparently the lackadaisical Whole Foods Ashley is not one to put up a fight.
Ultimately when I found myself at the cash register, reality set in. No more carts for Ashley. And I probably need a babysitter…
Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Cookies
So what does this have to do with these strawberry banana oatmeal cookies? Absolutely nada. I just wanted to chat with you is all 🙂
how cute is this berry!?
I used up the last of my fresh berries on these cookies which totally made me sad… although I do have about 9 more quarts in the freezer yet 😀
What you need
strawberries
bananas
coconut sugar
rolled oats
almond meal
flaxseed
cinnamon
baking soda
salt
We’re using two bananas, one mashed that gets mixed in with the coconut sugar and incorporated into the dry ingredients. Then another chopped to go along with the chopped strawberries that get folded in.
All that’s left to do is scoop your cookies out on a lined cookie sheet and bake!
Once they bake every flavor in the cookie is magnified. Especially the strawberries.
Oh em gee.
The roasted strawberry flavor just can’t be beat.
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Preheat oven to 350F, line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl combine oats, almond meal, flaxseed, oat flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a medium bowl combine well mashed banana with coconut sugar. Transfer to large bowl of dry ingredients and stir until well combined. Gently fold in chopped banana and strawberries.
Using large cookie scoop, or about 1 1/2 tablespoons, drop dough onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake cookies for 9-12 minutes, allowing to cool on cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Allow cookies to cool completely before storing in airtight container. These cookies are a little moist so they may keep best in the fridge. They are also great served warm and topped with some almond butter!
Ashley Walterhouse is the founder of Fit Mitten Kitchen, based in the Greater Lansing Area of Michigan, AKA “the Mitten.” Ashley grew up as a picky eater but later discovered that eating healthy was actually easy and fun. She started FMK in 2015 as a way to share her newfound love of developing healthier recipes for all to enjoy.
What can you substitute the almond meal for someone with a nut allergy? I wanted to make these for my kids, but my son has a nut allergy. Just curious. Thanks!
You could *probably* use another 1/3 cup of oat flour. I haven’t tried that myself but if I were subbing that is what I would do. These cookies are somewhat forgiving as they’re meant to be like an oaty breakfast cookie.
Yaaaaas so strawberries and bananas AREN’T just for smoothies?! Heheh it’s my default to only use that delicious combo in smoothies…guess I need to branch out, right?! WITH THESE.
XOXO
An oatmeal cookie I might actually eat! 🙂 These look awesome. I do most of my grocery shopping at Kroger since there’s one half a mile from my apartment.
Ha! I swear that happens to me every time I’m at the store! Las night, I went in for salad dressing and ended up with who only knows…Obviously, I wasn’t paying attention, I can’t even remember. So not sorry though, some of my favorite snacks and discoveries come from those types of trips.
Love this recipe, too! Using fresh fruit in cookies can be so touch and go for me sometimes (they get soggy and whatnot) but love the way these look! I can’t wait to give them a try.
These look so good. I love the color of the strawberries, and I would totally be right along with you in Whole Foods. Whole Foods is such an amazing store, and I’m kind of like a kid at a candy store when I’m there. 😀
Whole Foods is dangerous for me! I see WAY too many awesome things I want to buy–and the hot bars. DON’T let me near them. Oh and the nut butter grinders–EEK!
lolol i definitely thought i was the only one who thought about posture when it came to carrying a basket. a cart is just sooo much better for our spine 😉 (says the girl who wears heels everywhere at work).
Happy 4th of July!!
I love to shop at whole foods but I can’t do that all the time because its soooooooooo expensive haha. These cookies look so good and healthy enough for breakfast! I’m in 🙂
Ohhhhh I am so with you. I have the no cart no basket rule when it comes to places like Target. That way I can only buy what I can carry…. but you can bet you’ll find me walking the aisles with things flung over my shoulder, bundled up in my hands and looped over my arms like I’m on a mission to CARRY ALL THE THINGS!
I loveeee how fruity these cookies are! What a delicious summer treat! Cookies for breakfast definitely sounds like a brilliant idea!
HAHA this was totally me today — I went to Target and since my shopping list was small, I grabbed a basket, but you know, it’s Target so clearly that was not a smart idea. I ended up tracking my mom down who had a cart and threw everything in there because I just could not handle it anymore. Oh the struggles.
That roasted strawberry flavor with gooey bananas sounds utterly amazing. Such a classic combo in cookie form 😀 And I 100% should not be trusted at a grocery store, especially Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s. For that reason, I usually grocery shop at Meijer/Kroger/Giant Eagle and then pick up any healthy “extras” I couldn’t find there at WF or TJ’s. But sometimes that turns into two big grocery trips because what is self-discipline?
Can’t go wrong with the strawberry banana flavor! I LOVE Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s so I shop there while I’m away at school, but when I’m home it’s Wegmans all the wayyyyy!
I’m Ashley – I started Fit Mitten Kitchen in 2015 to share healthier recipes. Here we balance real food with desserts and healthy snacks making life easy, nutritious and delicious.
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