Strawberry Skillet Cookies

• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. pitted dates, snipped in small pieces (can dip dates in flour as you cut with scissors)
• 1/2 c. flaked coconut
• red sugar
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 4 Tbsp. butter or oleo
• 1 slightly beaten egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• dash of salt
• 1 1/2 c. Rice Krispies
• 1/2 c. pecans

1. In skillet, combine dates, coconut, sugar, butter, egg and salt.
2. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture bubbles and thickens, 5 to 10 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies, chopped pecans and vanilla.
4. Cool 10 minutes.
5. For each cookie, use 1 tablespoon of mixture.
6. Form into strawberry shapes. Keep fingers moist; roll in red sugar.
7. Trim with artificial leaf you buy at craft shops to form stem of strawberry cookies.
8. A Christmas goody!

dates, flaked coconut, red sugar, sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, salt, rice krispies, pecans

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=983261 (may not work)