Date-Nut Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates, chopped
3/4 c. sugar
1 stick margarine
1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
2 1/2 c. crisp rice cereal
powdered sugar

Preparation

Cook
dates,
sugar and margarine, stirring constantly, until margarine
is
absorbed.
Add nuts and pour hot mixture over rice cereal in a large bowl.
Mix well.\tForm into small balls
and dust with powdered sugar.
Put several small balls in a
paper bag with powdered sugar and shake until balls are coated.
Yield: 4 dozen.