Creole Porcupines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 c. chopped dates
3 c. shredded coconut

Preparation

Melt butter and stir into sugar; beat in eggs.
Add pecans, dates and 1 cup of the coconut.
Form into small balls and roll in the remaining 2 cups of coconut.
Place on greased baking sheet and bake at 300\u00b0 until cookies just begin to brown lightly, about 25 minutes.
Makes about 4 dozen little cookies.