No-Sugar Fruit/Nut Muffins Recipe

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1 c chopped dates

1/2 c raisins

1/2 c Dried Cranberries -- *Note

1 c water

1/4 c Lowfat Margarine -- **Note

1/4 ts salt

2 Egg Beaters? 99% Egg

: Substitute -- ***Note 1 ts vanilla extract

1 c all-purpose flour

1 ts baking soda

*NOTE: Sally's recipe used 1/2 C dried prunes, chopped...I didn't have any at the time so I used dried cranberries. **NOTE: Sally's recipe used 1/2 C margarine...I adapted it. ***NOTE: Sally's recipe used 2 beaten eggs...I adapted it. ****NOTE: Sally's recipe

used 1/2 C mixed nuts, chopped...I omitted them. In a saucepan combine dates, raisins, prunes (dried cranberries) and water. Bring to boil and boil 5 minutes. Stir in margarine and salt. Set aside to cool. Add remaining ingredients to fruit; stir just until dry ingredients ar? moistened. Spoon into greased MINI-muffin pans. (I spooned it into 12 regular muffin tins.) Bake in preheated 350-degree F oven for 15 minutes. (If desired can bake in a greased 11 x 7 x 2-inch pan for 30 minutes.)

These were FANTASTIC!! I had tasted them when Sally made them using her recipe...and they were really wonderful!! But I wanted to lower the fat a bit more and adapted th? recipe a bit more. I think they are excellent.