Carrot Date muffins

I wanted to make muffins this morning, but there was a lack of bananas in my house, so I found a recipe I hadn't made before: Date Nut Carrot Muffins. I wanted to take them to my play group to share so I couldn't add nuts. I just made them without nuts. The recipe is from the "Company's Coming Mostly Muffins" page 46.

They are lovely muffins, but I like a bit of crunch or squish in my muffins so I would have preferred them with nuts or raisins. The dates disappeared almost entirely! They made the carrot muffins even softer than usual. Certainly a make-again!