Mock Teiglach/ Date Balls

Instructions

250 g butter/marg Packet (250 g) chopped dates chopped nuts (optional) 1 ½ tsp ginger 1 cup sugar 1 beaten egg coconut 2 ½ cups matzo meal/marie biscuits Melt butter on stove Add dates, nuts, ginger and sugar Cook 3 minutes, stirring all the time Take off heat ? add beaten egg and mix well Put back on stove ? cooking further 3 minutes whilst stirring Add matzo meal/broken biscuits ? mix well ? leave to cool Roll into balls and roll in coconut Makes about 80 small balls ? nice to keep in freezer