recipes

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Date Balls

DATE BALLS Tuis magazine
400 g butter
250 ml sugar
10 ml vanilla
500 g dates chopped
2 egg yolks
salt
2 packet marie biscuits crushed
fine coconut
butter, sugar vanilla and dates in a saucepan
low heat, untill melted
bring up to the boil for 10 – 15 min
add salt and yolks
take off the heat add the biscuits
let it cool roll into balls
let rolled balls sit on paper for a short while for butter to drain
roll in coconut
keep in fridge or freezer or in airtight container