Butter Dates Balls Recipes

BUTTER DATES BALLS

Steps:

• In a large pot melt butter and when it starts to clarify - smells good add sugar, dates, egg mix well bring to full boil and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in cereals, 1cup coconut, cherries, vanilla.
• Stir with wooden spoon until all ingredients comes together.
• Let it sit for 10 minutes.
• Moisten your hands with little bit of water and make small balls.
• Roll in coconut.
• Keep in refrigerator in covered container.
• Can be made one week ahead.

DATE BALLS

Steps:

• Cook and stir dates, sugar, and margarine in a large saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves; remove from heat. Fold crispy rice cereal, pecans, and vanilla extract into the date mixture until evenly mixed.
• Grease your hands with margarine. Roll date mixture into 1-inch balls.
• Spread confectioners' sugar into a shallow dish; roll date balls in confectioners' sugar to coat.

PEANUT BUTTER DATE BALLS

Steps:

• Combine the 3 ingredients.
• Shape into balls.
• Refrigerate until firm or eat immedietly!

PEANUT BUTTER DATE BALLS

Steps:

• Soften the peanut butter by microwaving for about one minute on Power Level 3.
• In a medium bowl, cream peanut butter and butter.
• Stir in icing sugar, dates and peanuts and mix well.
• Roll the peanut butter mixture into 1" balls or whatever size you like, if dough is sticky, refrigerate for 30 minutes or so before rolling.
• Place on waxed paper lined baking trays and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Place butter and chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl and melt the chocolate at 30 second intervals until smooth (I usually do this at Power Level 6 so that it doesn't overcook).
• Dip the balls into the chocolate and place back onto the wax paper lined trays and pop into the fridge again for an hour or so.
• These freeze beautifully - I place balls into tupperware and put wax paper between the layers.