Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Combine the flax and water in a small bowl and let sit for 5 minutes to thicken.

Add the oats to a blender or food processor and blend into a flour. Don’t process it into a fine flour, it should be the texture of sand, a little course.

Add the processed oats, cinnamon, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt to the bowl, whisk to combine. Add the maple syrup, vanilla extract, apple sauce, banana and flax mixture to the bowl and stir to combine. Fold in the strawberries. Be sure to mix well to get the strawberries evenly dispersed, it is a wet dough.

Use two tablespoons of dough to make one cookie. Lay the cookies out on the prepared baking sheet 1 inch apart from each other as you make them. Flatten them down slightly with the back of a spatula. Wet the back of the spatula with water when flattening the dough if it helps the dough not stick to the spatula.

Bake for 16-18 minutes until cookies are starting to brown on the bottom. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes.