Baklava
Ingredients
- 1 package filo dough
- Butter (non-salted works best)
- Filling:
- 1 lb. chopped walnuts
- 1 TAB cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teas. ground cloves
- 3/4 baking powder
- Syrup:
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 TAB lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix together filling ingredients.
- Melt butter
- Butter a large flat baking pan, 14×10 inch works best.
- Lay in 7 or so sheets of filo, buttering between each sheet
- Sprinkle generously with nut mixture.
- Add two more filo sheets and
- Sprinkle more of nut mixture on.
- Repeat this process until there are seven sheets of filo left.
- Add these sheets without nuts but buttering inbetween.
- Cut though top layers into diamonds before you bake.
- Bake at 350 for 30 min, then at 300 for 45 min.
- While filo bakes make syrup.
- Dissolve sugar, boil briskly till 220 on a candy therm.
- Then add 2 TAB honey.
- Let cool.
- When filo is removed from oven immediately pour syrup over entire pan.
- Let sit for 24 hours.
- Cut all the way though to serve.