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Walnut Baklava
Walnut Baklava Ingredients: nuts, walnuts, english sugars, granulated spices, cinnamon, ground butter, without salt phyllo dough Directions: THE SYRUP 4 cups sugar 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups honey 1 cinnamon stick 6 whol...
Walnut Baklava
Ingredients:
nuts, walnuts, english
sugars, granulated
spices, cinnamon, ground
butter, without salt
phyllo dough
Directions:
THE SYRUP 4 cups sugar 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups honey 1 cinnamon stick 6 whole cloves Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Mix together the walnuts, sugar and cinnamon.
Select a pan the size of the phyllo sheets and brush well with some melted butter.
Place 4 sheets phyllo, brushing each with butter, in the bottom of the prepared pan.
To p with a sheet of unbuttered phyllo then sprinkle with a handful of the walnut mixture.
Cover with a buttered sheet then an unbuttered sheet and another sprinkling of walnuts.
Repeat this layering until all ingredients are used up, reserving 5 sheets phyllo for the top.
Place last 5 sheets of phyllo, brushing each with butter, on top of pastry and pour remaining butter over all.
Cut the baklava into traditional diamond pattern , being careful not to cut through bottom layers.
Bake for 1 hour.
Remove from oven and let cool.
SYRUP Combine sugar and water in a large saucepan and boil for 5 minutes.
Add the honey, cinnamon stick and cloves and continue boiling 5 minutes longer.
Pour hot syrup over completely cooled baklava.
Cool completely, cut through bottom layers following previous cuts and serve.
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Ingredients:
nuts, walnuts, english
sugars, granulated
spices, cinnamon, ground
butter, without salt
phyllo dough
Directions:
THE SYRUP 4 cups sugar 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups honey 1 cinnamon stick 6 whole cloves Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Mix together the walnuts, sugar and cinnamon.
Select a pan the size of the phyllo sheets and brush well with some melted butter.
Place 4 sheets phyllo, brushing each with butter, in the bottom of the prepared pan.
To p with a sheet of unbuttered phyllo then sprinkle with a handful of the walnut mixture.
Cover with a buttered sheet then an unbuttered sheet and another sprinkling of walnuts.
Repeat this layering until all ingredients are used up, reserving 5 sheets phyllo for the top.
Place last 5 sheets of phyllo, brushing each with butter, on top of pastry and pour remaining butter over all.
Cut the baklava into traditional diamond pattern , being careful not to cut through bottom layers.
Bake for 1 hour.
Remove from oven and let cool.
SYRUP Combine sugar and water in a large saucepan and boil for 5 minutes.
Add the honey, cinnamon stick and cloves and continue boiling 5 minutes longer.
Pour hot syrup over completely cooled baklava.
Cool completely, cut through bottom layers following previous cuts and serve.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTES : Be sure baklava is completely cooled before adding hot syrup or it will be soggy.