Healthy Cookie Bars

Ingredients

• 2 whole Small Ripe Bananas, Mashed
• 3 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
• ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup Oats
• ⅓ cups Almonds, Ground Into A Flour
• 2-½ Tablespoons Desiccated Coconut
• ½ teaspoons Cinnamon
• ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
• ¼ teaspoons Salt
• ¼ cups Dried Cranberries Or Raisins
• 1-⅞ ounces, weight Dark Chocolate, Chopped (or 1/4 Cup Of Chocolate Chips)

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a baking pan with parchment paper or grease with cooking spray. (I used an 8×8 inch square pan.)

Combine mashed banana, peanut butter, coconut oil and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.

In a separate bowl, combine oats, almonds (use a blender to grind almonds into a flour), coconut, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well. Stir in dried cranberries and chopped chocolate.

Press dough down into pan and bake for 12-15 minutes.

Let cool before removing from pan. Cut into squares.

Recipe adapted from 101 Cookbooks.