Grandma's Date-Nut Bread

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Ingredients

• ½ cup raisins
• 1 ½ cups boiling water
• 2 teaspoons butter, or as needed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• 7 pitted prunes, chopped
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, well-beaten
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts