Date Delights

Ingredients	Quantity
Sugar	1 cup
Butter or margarine	½ cup
Egg	1
Chopped dates	¾ cup
Chopped pecans	¾ cup
Crisp rice cereal	2 cups
Confectioners sugar

Combine sugar, butter, egg, dates and pecans in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring thoroughly. Cook over medium heat until well blended, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cereal. Cool. With buttered hands, roll into 1-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.