No Bake Date Balls

Tasty cookie with no baking involved.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 48 cookies

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup margarine
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 1  egg
• 1 (8 ounce) package pitted dates, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup  nuts, chopped
• 4  cups  crispy rice cereal
•  coconut

Directions

1. Melt margarine in large pot (4 quart or larger).
2. Add sugar, egg, and dates.
3. Stir constantly over low to medium heat.
4. Cook approximately 5 minutes until mixture thickens.
5. Remove from heat. Add chopped nuts and rice cereal.
6. Roll into walnut-sized balls; then roll in coconut.