Strawberry Oatmeal Cookie Cobbler. – Half Baked Harvest

Strawberry Oatmeal Cookie Cobbler. Overflowing with sweet strawberries and real oatmeal cookies, this easy strawberry skillet cookie is the perfect way to enjoy spring and summer strawberries. Mix the berries on the stove with brown sugar and butter, then add the oatmeal cookie dough right on top! Once baked, the strawberries become even sweeter and juicier, while the oatmeal cookie topping turns perfectly chewy in the center and crisp on the edges, with mounds of vanilla whipped cream on top!

If I had a funny bone in my body, I’d play an April Fools joke, but I’m just not that funny—so trust me when I say this is one of my favorite ways to use strawberries!

Sometime last summer, I discovered the deliciousness of warmed baked summer fruits with perfectly whipped vanilla cream on top. I always thought fruit and vanilla ice cream were the perfect matchup, but I was so wrong.

Whipped cream is the way to go!

I shared a fruit cobbler in the last HBH cookbook, Quick and Cozy, that I just adore. I topped it with mounds cream. It is such a special cobbler!

I wanted this cookie/cobbler to have that same whipped cream topping, so I worked backwards to create the dish. A very jammy strawberry base with a layer of chewy, crisp on the edges, brown sugar oatmeal cookie on top!

These are the details

Ingredients

• fresh or frozen strawberries
• brown sugar – love an organic dark brown sugar best
• cornstarch, arrowroot powder, or flour –  I prefer arrowroot powder or flour
• salted butter
• vanilla extract
• an egg
• all-purpose flour
• old-fashioned oatmeal
• baking soda
• maple syrup or honey

Special Tools

For this cookie cobbler, it’s helpful to have an oven-safe skillet that can go from the stove to the oven. If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet, just transfer the cobbler to your favorite baking dish!

Steps

Step 1: the strawberries

Toss the strawberries with brown sugar, arrowroot powder, and vanilla in a skillet. Place the skillet on the stove and bring the mix to a boil.

You want to start getting the berries to a jam-like consistency. Cook this for just a few minutes, it doesn’t take long! I like to use fresh berries, but frozen work really well too!

Step 2: the oatmeal cookie

This is my favorite oatmeal cookie dough! I wanted more than just a crisp topping—I wanted a true oatmeal cookie layer.

I used butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and an egg! The egg transforms this into a real oatmeal cookie rather than the typical cookie-crisp topping in a traditional berry crisp. It’s so much more delicious this way!

I use old-fashioned oats, not instant.

Step 3: mix the berries with the cookie dough

Before baking, top the strawberries with the oatmeal cookie dough. The cookie dough will spread a bit as the cookie cobbler bakes.

Step 4: bake

Finally, it’s time to bake. I bake this for around 30 minutes. Then, you will take the entire dish out and add butter, plus a sprinkle of sugar or drizzle of syrup to the top. This will help the top caramelize.

It is just the yummiest. It will come out of the oven looking so pretty, with bubbling strawberry sauce, and it will smell wonderful!

Step 5: time to eat

As I stated above, whipped cream was always a must for me. That being said, you can use ice cream if you prefer—that is, of course, delish, too!

For my whipped cream, I lightly whip cream with a small amount of maple syrup, vanilla, and a pinch of sea salt. It is our favorite and so scrumptious atop this cookie!

Looking for other fruit desserts? Here are some favorites:

Lemon Key Lime Pie Bars

Skillet Blueberry Bourbon Pandowdy

Blueberry Lemon Thyme Tarts

Cinnamon Maple Brown Butter Blackberry Peach Crisp

Skillet Strawberry Bourbon Cobbler

Lastly, if you make this Strawberry Oatmeal Cookie Cobbler, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!