Best Grandmas Date Balls Xmas Cookies Recipes

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.

GRANDMA'S DATE FILLED COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix in a sauce pan the dates, sugar and TBSP of flour, water, and lemon juice. Cook this for about 5 minutes on a medium heat, until all are blended well.
• Mix together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• Stir in the 2 Tbsps. thick cream and l teaspoons vanilla.
• Sift together the 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Add to shortening mix to form dough.
• Chill dough for at least 1 to 2 hours.
• Roll out dough in thin layers in small batches and cut with round cookie cutter.
• Put mixture (about a tbsp.) in the center between 2 thin cookies pressed together.
• Bake at 350 degrees on lightly greased sheet pan for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.

DATE BALLS

Steps:

• Melt butter and sugar carefully.
• Add chopped dates and cook until it boils. Take off heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Add milk and salt into well beaten eggs and stir into hot date mixture.
• Boil mixture 2 minutes.
• Add vanilla and nuts.
• Let cool, then add Rice Crispies and stir.
• Butter hands, and shape into well rounded tablespoon size balls and roll in coconut.
• Store in air-tight container.

GRANDMA MARYELLEN'S CHRISTMAS DATE BALLS

Steps:

• 1. In dutch oven, or heavy bottomed pot, melt butter over medium heat. Watch, don't brown. Stir in dark brown sugar and dates. Stir til melted a little. Remove from heat and add egg whisking in *QUICKLY* so you don't scramble the egg. Whisk til mixed well. Return to heat and stir constantly til boiling. Boil and stir one minute. Remove from heat, add rest of ingredients, cool til cool enough to handle. Roll into balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Makes 3-4 dozen depending on size. 1 - 1 1/2" balls. Store airtight. Freezes well.

DATE BALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl beat eggs adding the sugar a bit at a time.
• Add dates, coconut, walnuts, and vanilla.
• Bake in a 2 qt casserole dish for 30 minutes.
• While hot beat with a spoon.
• When cool, roll into balls and then coat with powder sugar.

GRANDMAS COCONUT DATE BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Follow directions included in ingredient section.
• 2. After it is all mixed together, let it cool for 30 minutes to an hour. The mixture forms into a ball much easier. Then roll in coconut.

DATE BALL COOKIES RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, beat 1 cup sugar with eggs until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Blend dry ingredients into the sugar mixture. Fold in dates and pecans. Spoon batter into a greased 8-inch square pan; bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and stir immediately with a wooden spoon. Let cool completely, then roll mixture into 1-inch balls and toss in 1/4 cup sugar.

DATE COOKIES (GRANDMA COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream fat and sugar.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
• Chill for 2 hours or longer.
• Break bits of dough and flatten down with glass, 3 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
• Flatten with knife which has been dipped in cold water.
• Put 1/2 walnut or pecan on top.
• Bake for 10 minutes in moderate oven.

NO BAKE DATE BALLS

Steps:

• Melt margarine in large pot (4 quart or larger).
• Add sugar, egg, and dates.
• Stir constantly over low to medium heat.
• Cook approximately 5 minutes until mixture thickens.
• Remove from heat. Add chopped nuts and rice cereal.
• Roll into walnut-sized balls; then roll in coconut.