Date Nut Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick oleo
1 c. white sugar
1 egg
3/4 c. pecans
1 (8 oz.) pkg. dates
3 c. Rice Krispies
1 tsp. vanilla
coconut

Preparation

Melt in pan the oleo, then add sugar, 1 beaten egg, pecans and chopped dates.
Cook these 5 ingredients
for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat; add cereal and vanilla.
Put butter on your fingers.
Pick up little \"patties\" of mixture and roll into balls.
Then roll balls into coconut and put into the mouth and eat.