Coconut Crisps

Name: Coconut Crisps
Yield: Makes 30
Ingredients: 1 c. chopped walnuts; 6 c. oven-toasted rice cereal; ¾ c. butter or regular margarine; 2 tblsp. milk; 1¼ c. sugar; 1 (3½ oz.) can flaked coconut; 1 tblsp. vanilla; 2 tblsp. lemon juice; ¼ tsp. salt; 1 c. chopped dates

Preparation info

Makes
30

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Cookie-like bars, luscious with elates, nuts and snowy coconut topknots

Ingredients

6 c. oven-toasted rice cereal
1 c. chopped walnuts
¾ c

Snack
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

Combine cereal and walnuts in greased 13 X 9 X 2" pan.
Combine butter, sugar, milk, salt and dates. Cook to the soft ball stage (240°); stir occasionally. Remove from heat; add vanilla and lemon juice.
Pour hot syrup over cereal mix-hire and stir lightly to coat cereal. Spread mixture evenly in pan. Sprinkle coconut over top and press mixture firmly int