For a back-to-school meal, try this fiestada pizza with Mexican influences.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 ½ cups crisp rice cereal
- 2 cups flaked coconut, or to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sugar, dates, walnuts, and beaten egg. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil until dates have softened and melted into the mixture, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in rice cereal.
- Place coconut in a shallow bowl.
- Scoop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough and drop them into the coconut, rolling and pressing until coated.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 160 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 70 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |