Baklava
List of Ingredients
36 sheets of filo dough
1/2 cup melted butter
4 cups walnuts, ground
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon
Syrup (recipe follows)
Recipe
Grind walnuts in food processor until very fine and add 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoon cinnamon. Use half sheet cake pan. Place one sheet of filo in pan, brush with butter and continue layering 11 more sheets, brush each sheet as you go, with melted butter.
Keep unused filo covered with a damp towel to keep it from drying out. Sprinkle about 1/2 the walnut mixture on these first sheets. Layer and butter 12 more filo sheets. Sprinkle with the other half of the walnut mixture.
Layer and butter 12 more filo sheets. Score the top of pastry about 1/2 inch deep and 2 inches apart. Then cross diagonally to make diamond shapes. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.
Make syrup.
Boil for about 5 minutes:
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
lemon juice
honey
When baklava is done, pour the syrup over it. Cool. Cut and serve.
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