Date Truffles

Ingredients

¾ cup	Sugar
1	Egg
½ tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
250 g	Dates (Main)
150 g	Butter
2 cups	Desiccated coconut
1 cup	Cornflakes
1 to garnish	Coconut

Directions

1. Place the lightly beaten egg, sugar and vanilla essence into a saucepan and mix well.
2. Add the dates and butter and bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes. Cool.
3. Add the coconut and crushed cereal. Form into 2.5 cm balls and toss in the extra coconut.
4. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate.

A good substitute for cornflakes is musli or similar.