Baklava Recipe

Baklava Recipe

Ingredients for Baklava

2 pounds phyllo
2 pounds walnuts, chopped
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 pound butter

How to make Baklava
Mix together chopped nuts, cinnamon and sugar. Grease an 18-inch baking pan and line with 6 layers
of phyllo. Cover with thin layer of nut mixture, then top with 1 layer of phyllo. Repeat until all nut
mixture is used. Top with 6 layers of phyllo. Cut into diamond-shaped pieces. Place a clove bud in each
diamond shape. Pour melted butter over all. Bake 1 1/2 to 2 hours at 300 degrees F until brown, then
reduce to 250 degrees F.
Remove from oven and pour cool syrup over all.

Syrup
1 cup honey
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
2 slices lemon

Boil for 25 minutes and let cool. Pour COOL syrup over HOT Baklava!