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Baklava Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Riverrat715 / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago This is a wonderful Greek desert and can be made with a variety of nuts but the most common are walnuts. Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:3	Riverrat715
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Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs walnuts chopped fine

1/2 cp sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp cloves

40 sheets fillo dough

1 cp butter melted

Syrup 2 cps sugar

2 cps water

1 cp honey

1 tbs lemon juice

1 lemon peel

Directions

In a 12 by 16 baking pan brushed with melted butter layer 8 sheets of dough overlapping to cover bottom of pan, buttering each sheet as you go.

Mix walnuts , sugar and spices

spread one third of nut mixture over dough

repeat with second set of eight sheets of dough

again spread one third of nut mixture over dough

repeat steps one and two a third time

cover with remaining sixteen sheets

score diagonally in 1 1/2 inch diamonds

brush with remaining butter

bake in a 350 degree oven one hour

While baklava is baking make syrup

Brink all ingredients to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.

strain syrup

Remove baklava from oven and cool slightly

pour warm syrup over baklava

cool completely

cut into diamonds and enjoy enjoy enjoy

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Comments

jett2whit 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Yum! so flaky and good! Jett

hoosiermom68 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Hi River.My husband loves this recipe,though I have never tried Baklava...and I have always been a little intimidated to make it.But your recipe sounds easy enough-will add it to my collection and will give it a shot.
Thanks!
Carrie :)

momo_55grandma 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds delicous thanks high5

trev 5 months, 1 week ago said:
I have never tried to make this stuff before, but with these well set out instruction, I reckon that it won't be too hard to do. Thanks

dutchie326 4 months ago said:
A fiver for this one and thanks for posting it.

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