Strawberry Cookies

Ingredients

1/4 lb margarine
1/2 c sugar
1 egg
4 oz dates
1/2 c flour
1/4 ts salt
1/2 ts vanilla
1/2 c nuts
1 1/4 c rice krispies

Instructions

Red sugar Green icing Cook margarine, sugar, egg and dates for 5 minutes. Add flour gradually; mix well and cook for 7 minutes longer. Remove from heat and add salt, nuts, vanilla and rice krispies. Mix well; do not let mix get cold. Shape into strawberries. Place with red sugar in a brown back and shake to coat cookies. Make stem with some green decorator icing. Note: Can use strawberry jello to coat cookies instead of red sugar. ----