Coconut Date Balls
The Bovina Cookbook
Margaret Dibble

1 cup sugar
4 Tbsp. butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup dates, cut up fine
2 cups Rice Crispies
1 cup nuts, chopped
Shredded coconut

Mix sugar, butter, eggs and dates together and put in a teflon-coated frying pan on low heat. Cook until mixture thickens, stirring often (but not very long). Remove from heat and stir in Rice Crispies and nuts. Let mixture cool. In a separte pan spread coconut. Form small balls of the cooled mixture and roll them in the coconut.

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