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Title: Skillet Balls
Categories: Holiday Cookie
Yield: 4 Dozen
| 1/2 | c | Margarine; softened |
| 3/4 | c | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | pk | Dates; (7oz) chopped fine |
| 1 | c | Pecans; chopped fine |
| 3 | c | Rice Krispies |
| 1 | tb | Vanilla |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1 1/2 | c | Flaked sweetened coconut |
Combine the softened margarine, sugar and eggs; beat well. Add chopped dates. Cook this mixture in a heavy skillet until slightly thickened, between 10 and 20 minutes on low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Remove from heat; add nuts, cereal, vanilla and salt. Mix well; cool.
Make small balls of the cooked mixture no larger than walnuts. Roll the balls in coconut until covered.
Makes about 4 dozen.
Nutritional Information: per cookie: 101 calories, 6g fat, 87mg sodium, 9mg cholesterol, 53 percent of calories from fat. First Place, Family Winner From the Dallas Morning News Holiday Cookie Contest Baked by: Lili Ferguson, Dallas ** The Dallas Morning News -- Food section -- 11 Dec 96 **
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