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Sugarless Fruit/Nut Muffins Recipe

Once you've tasted these deliciously sweet, chewy gems, you'll be making them again and again. They freeze well, too, for a quick anytime snack!

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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Sugarless Fruit/Nut Muffins Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + cooling Bake: 15 min.

Yield: 32 Servings

20 15 35

Ingredients

1 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pitted dried plums
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions

In a saucepan, combine dates, raisins, plums and water. Bring to boil and boil 5 minutes. Stir in butter 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° for 15 minutes (if desired, bake in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking pan for 30 minutes). Yield: 32 muffins.

Nutritional Facts One mini-muffin equals 94 calories, 4 g fat (0 saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 52 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit.

Originally published as Sugarless Fruit/Nut Muffins in Country Woman September/October 1992, p36