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Ginger Balls Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cup dates
2 cup walnuts
5 oz. canned ginger

4 egg whites
2 cup coconut
1/2 cup white sugar

Additional: 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Directions:
Directions:
In a food processor: combine:
dates, walnuts and ginger. Chop finely.

Beat egg whites. Slowly add the sugar while beating.
Stir in coconut.
Lightly fold in date mixture.

Bake in 8" X 16" greased pan for 30 minutes at 250F
Cool. Cut into squares and roll into balls.
Roll balls in finely chopped nuts.
Store in tight tin.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Nana use to make this recipe way back when I first started visiting the Dickinson home (1972). Today, I reduce the sugar (Nana used 1 cups in the batter and rolled the balls in the other cup of sugar.)

 

 

 

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