Salwaa’s Date Truffles

Delicious date balls or truffles made with dates, pistachios, crushed tennis biscuits and covered it with coconut and chocolate. It’s a very nice sweet and it goes well with mint tea. These date balls makes a great gift.

Add apple sauce instead of an egg. See my notes at the end.

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Ingredients:

250g dates (pitted)

1 packet Tennis or Marie biscuits

110g butter or margarine

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten*see variation below*

Desiccated coconut

Method:

Chop the dates ensuring no pits remain.

Crush the biscuits.

Combine the dates, butter, vanilla essence and sugar in a small pot.

Cook over low heat until well mixed and soft.

Allow to cool slightly, add the beaten egg and crushed biscuits and mix well.

Shape into small balls by hand and roll in the coconut.

Store in the fridge.

Variation:

Use 2 tablespoons apple sauce instead of the egg.

Dip the date balls in melted chocolate then dip in chopped nuts. I used pistachio nuts and almonds.

Or, press flat and evenly into a flat baking tray, cut into squares.