Date balls

Date Balls
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2# dates cut up
1 egg beaten
1 tblsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups Rice Krispies
cook butter-suggar and dates unit it boils--combine egg-milk-vanilla and salt and add to date mixture--cook 2 minutes--cool--add nuts and cereal--form into balls and roll into coconuts or nuts
I buy the dates in a box already cut up--very handy--