Name: Flourless Strawberry Shortcake Oatmeal Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ½ cup almond flour; 1 tsp vanilla; ½ cup gluten free oats; 2 heaping tbsp coconut sugar; 2 tbsp coconut oil; 1 egg; 2 tbsp cream cheese; 1 tsp maple syrup; ½ tsp vanilla; ½ cup strawberries (add 2 tbsp to the batter, rest for the topping)

The best healthy strawberry dessert recipe you could ask for: flourless strawberry shortcake oatmeal cookies! These easy strawberry shortcake cookies are delicious and topped with a simple cream cheese frosting and fresh strawberries. They’re such a tasty healthy snack idea to meal prep when strawberries are in season, you’ll be thinking about them for weeks!

Flourless Strawberry oatmeal Cookie Ingredients

There really is no need to add regular flour to the batter, you can make the strawberry shortcake cookies naturally gluten free and refined sugar free by using these healthy ingredients:

almond flour – use the super fine type, made from blanched almonds for the best result
gluten free oats – regular or quick will work
coconut sugar – if you don’t have it dark brown sugar will work as well (I personally, love the smell it adds to the cookies)
coconut oil to prevent the cookies from becoming dry. I used the extra virgin type for the hint of coconut flavor it adds, but you could also use butter if you can’t have coconut
vanilla – either extract or a small amount of vanilla sugar…combined with strawberries it’s the best
an egg, although these cookies might even work with the addition of some water (but I haven’t tested it yet)
fresh ripe strawberries – there will be some on top too, but we’ll mix a few strawberry chunks into the batter as well

Ingredients for The Cream Cheese Frosting

To make the frosting you only need 3 simple ingredients:

plain cream cheese
a little bit of maple syrup or honey
vanilla extract or vanilla sugar – whatever is available to you

How To Make The Most Delicious Healthy Strawberry Shortcake OATMEAL Cookies

The first thing you want to start with is preparing your strawberries. Pick ripe fresh strawberries, wash them and cut out any bruised spots. Chop the strawberries into small chunks – you will use these in the batter and to top the cookies.

To make the batter you will need a blender or a good food processor. I used my immersion blender and a deep bowl. Add almond flour, egg, vanilla, coconut sugar, melted coconut oil and oats to the mixing container you chose.

Blend until everything is combined, small chunks and pieces of oats are okay and will provide more texture. Add half of the strawberry chunks.

Let the mixture sit in the fridge for about 10 minutes, so it can firm up. This makes the process of scooping cookies a bit easier.

Once the 10 minutes are up, preheat oven to 180C/350F. Scoop cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and press them gently with wet hands to shape cookies.

Bake for about 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

While the cookies are baking you have time to mix the cream cheese frosting. This part is really easy and you only need a fork and a small bowl to do it. Add the cream cheese, maple syrup and vanilla to the bowl, then mix for about 30-60s to combine the ingredients.

Once the cookies are baked, take them out and let cool off for about 10 minutes.

Spread some cream cheese frosting over each cookie and top with strawberry chunks.

Enjoy immediately or store in the fridge for up to 3 days.

More Options

These flourless oatmeal cookies are easy to modify to your own taste. Here are some more options you can try:

other types of fruit like blueberries, raspberries or even apple chunks
add cinnamon and other spices for a delicious fall variation
add in chopped nuts to the batter
omit the cream cheese and top cookies with blanched thinly sliced almonds before baking for a super crunchy outside

How To Meal Prep These Flourless Cookies

All you really need to do for meal prep is make the cookies and store them refrigerated in an airtight container. They will be good for up to 3 days.

I hope you love these tasty strawberry shortcake cookies as much as I did for snacks, dessert or, hey, even a quick little breakfast!

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Yield: 8