Date Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (8 ounce) package chopped dates, with sugar
1 cup crisp rice cereal
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Melt butter and sugar in a saucepan over low heat.
Add dates and cook 3 minutes and remove from heat.
Stir in cereal, vanilla, and pecans.
When cool enough to handle, shape into small balls about 1\" in diameter.
Roll into confectioners' sugar (or flaked coconut -- see notes in recipe description).
Place cookies on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper until set.
Store in airtight container.