Sugarless fruit nut muffins

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Chopped Dates
½ cup Raisins
½ cup Chopped prunes
1 cup Water
½ cup Margarine, cut into pats
2 Eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla, extract
1 cup All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
½ cup Chopped nuts

Directions

In a saucepan, combine dates, raisins, prunes, and water. Bring to a boil and boil 5 minutes. Stir in margarine and salt. Set aside to cool. Add remaining ingredients to fruit; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon into greased mini-muffin pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes (if desired, bake in a 11" x 7" x 2" baking pan for 30 minutes). Yield: 32 muffins Diabetic Exchanges: One mini-muffin equals, ½ fruit, 1 fat, ½ starch; also 94 calories, 52 mg sodium, 14 mg cholesterol, 12 gm carbohydrate, 2 gm protein, 4 gm fat.

SOURCE: Fern Albertson, Spokane, WA Country Woman Magazine Sept/Oct 92

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