Marshmallow Date Roll with Walnuts (1957)

• 1 lb California dates, cut fine
• 3 dozen graham crackers, rolled into fine crumbs
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1 lb marshmallows, cut fine
• 1 cup crushed walnuts

Mix together dates, walnuts, graham cracker crumbs, and marshmallows.  Add cream to bind, as needed.  Form in balls.  Roll in crumbs of 6 graham crackers.  

Wrap in wax paper, and store in refrigerator to chill.  Slice thin and serve with whipped cream

(Origin - "Date Magic - from Sunny California's Fabulous Coachella Valley" by the California Date Growers Association, 1957.)

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