Date Nut Balls

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups dates finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs well beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup nuts chopped
• 4 cups crisp rice cereal
• 3/4 cups coconut sweetened shredded

1. In medium pan, melt butter and sugar.
2. Add dates and cook until mixture boils.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Whisk eggs into milk and stir into hot mixture with salt.
5. Return to heat and boil 2 minutes.
6. Remove from heat, add vanilla and nuts (tester used pecans).
7. Cool completely, then stir in cereal, mixing until well coated.
8. Shape into 1-inch balls, then roll in coconut.

butter, sugar, dates, milk, salt, eggs, vanilla, nuts, crisp rice, coconut

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/date-nut-balls-48136 (may not work)