Wholesome Banana Chocolate Breakfast Bars

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 2/3 cup ground almonds, a.k.a. almond meal
• 1/3 cup dried, unsweetened grated coconut
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 4 1/4 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate
• 4 very ripe, medium bananas,
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup whole almond butter (substitute olive oil, or slightly warmed coconut oil)

1. Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F and grease a medium baking dish with vegetable oil.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the oats, ground almonds, coconut, and salt. Set aside. Chop the chocolate so the largest pieces are about the size of a chocolate chip. Set aside.
3. In another medium mixing bowl, combine the bananas, vanilla, and almond butter, and mash thoroughly using a potato masher. Add the oats mixture and mix well. Fold the chocolate in gently.
4. Pour into the prepared baking dish, level the surface, and slip into the oven. Bake for 25 minutes, until the top is set and golden-brown. Let cool completely before slicing into bars. If you're not serving all the bars at once, I suggest you cut out only what you need. Cover the rest with foil and keep at room temperature.

rolled oats, ground almonds, coconut, salt, bittersweet chocolate, very, vanilla, whole almond butter

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/wholesome-banana-chocolate-breakfast-bars-50031128 (may not work)