Cook the fruit

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Put dates, prunes and raisins in a saucepan with water. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
  1 cup dates, 1/2 cup prunes, 1/2 cup raisins, 1 cup water
• Lower heat and add butter and salt and take off the heat once butter melts.
  1/2 cup butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt
• In a small mixing bowl, add eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
  2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
  1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup flour
• Add date mixture, egg mixture and walnuts to the dry ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula until moistened.
  1/2 cup walnuts
• Line muffin tins with muffin cups and fill the cups with batter. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Check with cake tester to see if done. Let cool for 5 minutes in the muffin tin before removing to a wire rack to cool.
• Slather a muffin with butter.
• Eat
• Enjoy