Date Crispies

Ingredients

• 113g butter or margarine
• 1 large T syrup
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 225g dates (chopped)
• 113g rice crispies
• coconut

Instructions

• Melt butter, syrup and sugar
• Add dates & simmer (stirring) until fairly smooth
• Add rice crispies & mix well
• Butter an 8" x 10" pan
• Sprinkle with coconut
• Spread out mixture & sprinkle coconut on top
• Cut when cold.

T = tablespoon, i.e. 15ml. The coconut should be the dessicated type. You should sprinkle the buttered pan with coconut, and then spread the mixture into the pan. This way the bottoms of the squares get a coconut coating too.

This was one of the biscuits I used to take to university with me. They last a fair few weeks when kept in an airtight biscuit tin.