Coconut Date Balls
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- Number of Servings: 24
Ingredients
- * ½ cup butter- * 1 cup sugar- * 1 egg, beaten- * 1 cup dates (un-sugared, whole), cut up*- * 2 cups Rice Krispies- * ½ cup nuts, chopped (i.e., Walnuts)- * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract- * dash of salt- * sugared shredded coconut, for rolling* Note: if using chopped sugared dates, cut down the sugar to ¾ cup. This recipe assumes that you are using whole, un-sugared dates.
1.) According to the Hope, Maine, Country Cookbook, this recipe may be summed up in four très petites sentences:
Cook first 4 ingredients on stove 5 minutes. Cool slightly and then add rest of ingredients. Make into balls. Roll in coconut.
Now, I’m going to assume that Jessie Jacobs (the Hope resident who submitted this recipe) was limited for time when she penned this recipe and submitted it to the 1986 cookbook, so allow me elaborate:
Begin by adding butter, sugar, egg, and dates on the stove top. Melt down butter and sugar with egg and dates for five minutes on medium-low heat stirring constantly. Allow to cool for one to two minutes.
2.) Add Rice Krispies, nuts (walnuts), vanilla, and a dash of salt. Mix to combine.
3.) Using the wooden spoon with which you’ve been stirring the batter, scoop up the desired size of dough for your coconut date balls. Scrape batter off of spoon with a fork into the coconut. Using the fork, roll the ball until it is fully coated. Transfer ball to wax paper and repeat.
Serving Size: 22-24 balls (2 dozen)
Number of Servings: 24
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HELANAB86.
Cook first 4 ingredients on stove 5 minutes. Cool slightly and then add rest of ingredients. Make into balls. Roll in coconut.
Now, I’m going to assume that Jessie Jacobs (the Hope resident who submitted this recipe) was limited for time when she penned this recipe and submitted it to the 1986 cookbook, so allow me elaborate:
Begin by adding butter, sugar, egg, and dates on the stove top. Melt down butter and sugar with egg and dates for five minutes on medium-low heat stirring constantly. Allow to cool for one to two minutes.
2.) Add Rice Krispies, nuts (walnuts), vanilla, and a dash of salt. Mix to combine.
3.) Using the wooden spoon with which you’ve been stirring the batter, scoop up the desired size of dough for your coconut date balls. Scrape batter off of spoon with a fork into the coconut. Using the fork, roll the ball until it is fully coated. Transfer ball to wax paper and repeat.
Serving Size: 22-24 balls (2 dozen)
Number of Servings: 24
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HELANAB86.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 129.3
- Total Fat: 6.7 g
- Cholesterol: 18.1 mg
- Sodium: 52.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 17.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 1.1 g
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