You’ll need to bring something to the next potluck with the gods, right? This is wonderful.
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 1 – 9×13 inch pan |
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups chopped walnuts
- 1 cup pureed dates
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
- Melt butter. Add sugar, eggs, dates and nuts.
- Mix flour with baking soda. Add to date mixture and combine.
- Spread into 9×13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 222 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 36 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 113 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 15 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
wonderful
Tried this with a few adjustments for a healthier option and it was a hit! Reduced sugar by 1cup (to 1/2 cup) and added 1/2 cup semolina for a crunch. I chopped the dates and soaked them in 1/2-3/4 cup boiling water with the bicarbonate soda and didn’t puree them. If you prefer moist, you can bake it for 10 mins less.
This was absolutely delicious!! I made it for a church pot luck the morning of. No adjustments. My dates came prepackaged and pre-chopped, so I put them in the food processor; I couldn’t quite purée them, but I came as close as I could – smaller sticky chunks I had to break apart. I did the same with my walnut halves. The result was awesome!! By the end of the pot luck, there was almost none left, so I’m making more right now – except that I’m out of dates, so I’m trying a mixture of raisins and dried cranberries. We’ll see!
Very nice…and easy to make…i loved making it with my daughter…
Um, wow! it was pretty good, but my dates only were choppable, so it was like adding raisins to the batter. Still good, but not a very heaven-bound dessert – more of an end-of-beach-day treat.
I never made Food for the Gods, never even heard of it – but all I can say is WOW – delicious! Had my doubts when I was putting it together, but it is awesome – very simple too. Will definitely make again!
Very good. Everyone asks me for this recipe.
We have been making a similar recipe for over 40 years. However, our recipe is much more nutritionally friendly.
Very easy to make and turned out well too. Looks a little more appealing with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.
These are my husbands favorite bars. And I like that they are so easy to make. Thanks Mel for the recipe
Omigosh. This cake is superb! I used fresh dates which were lovely and sticky when pureed, and the cake perfumed the house beautifully when baking. We had this warm with cream; a bit of caramel sauce (butter, brown sugar, cream) on the side would have gone well too.
I’ve gotten great compliments for this recipe. Thanks!!!