Date-nut logs

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       Title: Date-Nut Logs
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 12 servings
  
       8 oz Dates; chopped
       1 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Butter or margarine
       1 ts Vanilla extract
       1    Egg
       2 c  Crisp rice cereal
       2 c  Pecans; chopped
       1 c  Flaked coconut
  
   Recipe by: Southern Living
   Preparation Time: 0:20
   Combine first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan; cook over
   low heat 10 minutes, stirring constantly.  Remove mixture
   from heat; add rice cereal and pecans, stirring well. Shape
   into two 11-inch logs, and roll each in coconut.  Cool and
   slice thinly. Yield:  two 11-inch logs.
  
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