Holiday Date Roll

Total Time: 336 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 336 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 1 lb pitted dates, well chopped
• 1/2 lb miniature marshmallow
• 1/2 lb finely ground pecans or 1/2 lb walnuts
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup of drained finely chopped maraschino cherry (save the juice)
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut (optional)
• 1 lb graham cracker, rolled until fine crumbs (reserve about 1/3 of these crumbs for rolling around the exterior of the logs.)

Recipe

• 1 put the first 6 ingredients into a large bowl.
• 2 add 2/3 of the graham cracker crumbs.
• 3 mix well-- using clean hands like you would mix a meatloaf.
• 4 if loaf seems too dry add the saved cherry juice a little at a time until the mixture is sticky but firm enough to form into a loaf about the texture of a thick cooky dough.
• 5 divide the dough into two sections.
• 6 sprinkle 1/2 of the saved graham cracker crumbs on a large sheet of waxed paper.
• 7 place one of the dough sections on the waxed paper.
• 8 roll up the dough into a log like a thin jelly roll so that the crumbs are around the outside of the log.
• 9 pull the paper tightly around the log and secure by wrapping a second time with plastic wrap.
• 10 repeat steps 6 through 9 with the other section of dough.
• 11 place the two logs into a large ziplock plastic bag to keep moisture in and refrigerator odors out.
• 12 refrigerate several weeks before eating.
• 13 to serve slice crosswise and enjoy.
• 14 number of servings vary according to thickness of slices.