Holiday Date Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 beaten egg
1 c. chopped dates
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
3/4 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. crisp rice cereal
1/2 c. chopped pecans
powdered sugar to coat

Preparation

In large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, cook egg, dates, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt to a thick syrup.
Remove from heat and fold in cereal and nuts.
Cool until comfortable to work with.
Roll into 1-inch balls, then roll in powdered sugar to coat.