Healthful Double Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• 2-3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup coconut oil, barely warm – so it isn't solid
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1/3 cup ground sunflower seeds
• 1/3 cup cacao powder
• 1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened
• 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees, with the racks arranged in the top third. In a large bowl, stir together the mashed bananas, vanilla extract and coconut oil, then put that bowl aside.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the oats, sunflower seeds, cacao powder, shredded coconut, salt and baking powder until evenly mixed. Pour the dry mixture into the banana mixture and stir just until everything comes together. Gently mix in the chocolate chunks/chips. The dough will be softer and looser than typical cookie dough, and that is exactly where it should be.
3. Scoop the dough into mounds of about 1 – 2 tablespoons each, spacing them 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a Silpat. Bake for 13 – 15 minutes, until the undersides are golden.