Stuffed Dates - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. pitted dates
1/4 c. good dry sherry
nuts
tinted coconut or powdered sugar

Preparation

Pour sherry over dates.
Let stand 1 hour; stuff each date with an almond, walnut or pecan half.
Roll in tinted coconut or powdered sugar.
(Dates soaked in wine, dry sherry, sprinkled with pale green coconut; or frosted with Christmas colors, nuts buried in their delicious middle.)